Nephrurus sheai COUPER, 1994
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Nephrurus sheai
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| Higher Taxa | Carphodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Kimberley Rough Knob-tail |
| Synonym | Nephrurus sheai COUPER in COUPER & GREGSON 1994: 63 |
| Distribution | Australia (Northern Territory) Type locality: Bowerbird Camp, Magela Ck, NT (12°47'S, 133°07'E) |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: NTM R11470, collected by I. Archibald and J. Bywater, 1 September 1983 Paratypes: AMS (AM), NTM, QM, NMV, SAMA; 42 paratypes in WAM: R1340, Leopold Downs, WA; R12614, Calwynyardah, WA; R13646, Kalumburu, WA; R26633, Halls Creek, WA; R27374, Kalumburu, WA; R43153, Mitchell Plateau, WA; R46116, Margaret River HS, WA; R46782, Prince Regent River [NP], WA; R47587, 8 km N Katherine, NT; R48175, Moola Bulla, WA; R50460, Drysdale River NP, WA; R52661, Lake Argyle, WA; R56423, King Edward River crossing, WA; R56466, Plain Creek, Beverley Springs Stn, WA; R57118, Inglis Gap, King Leopold Range, WA; R57123–27, Gibb River crossing, 47 km N Gibb River Stn, WA; R58636, 25 km SE Bedford Downs HS, WA; R58647, 10 km SE Lansdowne HS, WA; R58671, 20 km ENE Tableland, WA; R60343, R60362, R60947, Jasper Gorge, 53 km NW Victoria River Downs HS, NT; R64731, 4.5 km SE Clancys Yard, WA; R70029, 43 km NW Fitzroy Crossing, WA; R70551, 9.5 km W Inglis Gap, WA; R70552, 8.6 km 167o [SSE] Mt Amy, Napier Downs Stn, WA; R70562, 3.5 km WNW Lissadell HS, WA; R73904, Mt Barnett Stn, WA; R73903, Ellenbrae Stn, WA; R77269, R77581, R77585, Mitchell Plateau, WA; R83359, 24 km NW Mt Elizabeth HS, WA; R83531–32, Galvans Gorge, WA; R86927, Lake Argyle, WA; R87082, 0.5 km N Mary Pool, WA; R87092, 8 km SW Halls Creek, WA. |
| Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS: N. sheai is a large, moderately spinose member of the N. asper species group. N. sheai is distinguished from N. asper and N. amyae by the colour pattern of its digits (digits strongly marked with alternating bands of brown and white vs digits not strongly banded with brown and white); also by size (max SVL 121mm vs 114mm N. asper, 135mm N. amyae). It is further distinguished from N. amyae by the spinosity of the its rump and thighs (moderately spinose vs extremely spinose). The arrangement of the basal scales surrounding the tubercules on the rump and thighs also separate N. sheai and N. amyae. In N. sheai the basal scales are uniform in size and less than half the height of the central scale. In N. amyae the basal scales are irregular in size and in most specimens examined, some of the basal scales are greater than half the height of the central scale. In the KS2 analysis N. sheai and N. amyae show significant separation of the shape of frequency distributions for; KW, HW, HL, S, NL, SL, IL, R & I. N. sheai and N. asper (excluding broad-banded CYP specimens which are not significantly separable from other QLD populations of this species) show significant separation of the shape of frequency distributions for; T, TV, KW, TA, NL, SL, IL, & I. (Table 1). (Couper & Gregson 1994) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3764 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. Distribution: for a map of localities see Oliver et al. 2022: 217 (Fig. 1). |
| Etymology | Named after Dr. Glenn Michael Shea (b. 1961), a veterinary surgeon and herpetologist and a Research Associate at the Australian Museum, Sydney. He qualified at Sydney University (1983), after which he taught anatomy while completing his doctoral thesis (1992) on Blue-tongued Lizards. |
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