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Nephrurus stellatus STORR, 1968

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Higher TaxaCarphodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Stellate Knob-tail, Southern Knob-tailed Gecko 
SynonymNephrurus stellatus STORR 1968
Nephrurus stellatus — BAUER 1990: 153
Nephrurus stellatus — KLUGE 1993
Nephrurus stellatus — COGGER 2000: 257
Nephrurus stellatus — OLIVER & BAUER 2011
Nephrurus stellatus — COGGER 2014: 268
Nephrurus stellatus — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 104 
DistributionAustralia (South Australia: Eyre Peninsula, SC Western Australia: Yilgarn region)

Type locality: 41 mi E of Southern Cross, 31° 25’ S, 120° 00’ E, W. A.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: WAM R28363, A. Douglas, 15 January 1967; paratype: SAMA 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Two ribless cervical vertebrae; lumbar vertebrae two in number; metatarsal two or more times length of corresponding phalanges; phalangeal formulae 2-3-3-3-3 (manus and pes); flanks and dorsum with scattered small tubercles; anterior face of forelimb with scattered, enlarged conical tubercles; mental hemispherical; rosette scales not enlarged; dorsal pattern of distinct white spots; tail moderate, with 5—7 caudal tubercle rows, 9—14 caudal annuli. (Bauer 1990) 
CommentDistribution: see map in Bauer 1990: 144 (Fig. 61) 
EtymologyFrom the Latin stellatus (starry), in reference to the color pattern. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
References
  • Anonymous 1968. Type Specimens in the Western Australian Museum (Part 9). Annual Report, Western Australian Museum, 1967-68, Perth, pp. 62-64
  • Bauer, A.M. 1990. Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of the Carphodactylini (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Bonner zool. Monogr. 30: 1-220 - get paper here
  • Chapple, David G.; Reid Tingley, Nicola J. Mitchell, Stewart L. Macdonald, J. Scott Keogh, Glenn M. Shea, Philip Bowles, Neil A. Cox, John C. Z. Woinarski 2019. The Action Plan for Australian Lizards and Snakes 2017. CSIRO, 663 pp. DOI: 10.1071/9781486309474 - get paper here
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Galliford, M. 1981. Notes on the starred knob-tailed gecko, Nephrurus stellatus, caught spotlighting. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 12: 33-34
  • Oliver, P.M. & Bauer, A.M. 2011. Systematics. and evolution of the Australian knob-tail geckos (Nephrurus, Carphodactylidae, Gekkota): Pleisomorphic grades and biome shifts through the Miocene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (3): 664-674 - get paper here
  • Sameit, H. J. 1988. Asper &Co. Australische Knopfschwanzgeckos. DATZ 41: 162-163
  • Storr, G. M. 1968. Nephrurus stellatus, A new knob-tailed gecko from southern Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 10: 180-182 - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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