Gehyra xenopus STORR, 1978

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Crocodile-faced Dtella
Synonym	Gehyra xenopus STORR 1978: 349 Dactyloperus xenopus — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984 Phyriadoria xenopus — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1989 Gehyra xenopus — KLUGE 1993 Gehyra xenopus — COGGER 2000: 246 Gehyra xenopus — DOUGHTY et al. 2012
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia, NW Kimberley region) Type locality: near the Port Warrender road crossing of the King Edward River, 14° 52’ S, 126° 12’ E, W. A.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R56429
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (n= 54): A very large, spotted, greyish Gehyra with flat head, large eyes and long, somewhat retroussé snout (all making its profile crocodilian); subapical pads with divided lamellae, of which only the distal pairs are in median contact, the remainder being separated by a wedge-shaped patch of granules. (Storr 1978)
Comment	Group: Belongs to G. australis group. Similar species: populations that may have been assigned to G. xenopus have been described as Gehyra spheniscus.
Etymology	From the Greek xenos (strange) plus pous (foot), referring to the unusual subdigital lamellae. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024)
References	Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp. Doughty, Paul;, Russell Palmer, Mark J. Sistrom, Aaron M. Bauer and Stephen C. Donnellan, 2012. Two new species of Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) geckos from the north-west Kimberley region of Western Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 27: 117-134 - get paper here Ellis, Ryan J.; Paul Doughty and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. An annotated type catalogue of the geckos and pygopods (Squamata: Gekkota: Carphodactylidae, Diplodactylidae, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 33: 051–094 - get paper here Horner, P. 2005. Gehyra koira sp. nov. (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), a new species of lizard with two allopatric subspecies from the Ord-Victoria region of north-western Australia and a key to the Gehyra australis species complex. The Beagle 21: 165-174 - get paper here King M 1984. The Gehyra australis species complex (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 4 (2-4) 1983: 147-169 - get paper here Storr, G. M. 1978. Seven new gekkonid lizards from Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 6: 337-352 - get paper here Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/gekkonidae.pdf http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Gehyra/xenopus Google images

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