Strophurus wilsoni (STORR, 1983)

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Higher Taxa	Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Mount Augustus Spiny-tailed Gecko
Synonym	Diplodactylus wilsoni STORR 1983: 59 Strophurus wilsoni — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984 Strophurus wilsoni — GREER 1989 Strophurus wilsoni — KLUGE 1993 Diplodactylus wilsoni — COGGER 2000: 234 Strophurus wilsoni — RÖSLER 2000: 115 Strophurus wilsoni — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (W Western Australia) Type locality: 25 km NNW of Waldburg, Western Australia, in 24°33' S, 117°14' E.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R78932, collected on 28 July 1982 by S.K. Wilson.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: An aberrant rock-inhabiting member of the D. strophurus group (Kluge 1967; Russell and Rosenberg 1981) with homogeneous dorsals, without pre-anal pores and without supraciliary or supracaudal spines. Most like D. rankini Storr but having a shorter tail. no dorsolateral series of tubercles on body, and a very different colour pattern (faint longitudinal stripes). (Storr 1983) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about about .59 pages) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material.
Comment	Group: Diplodactylus strophurus group (subgenus Strophurus).
Etymology	Named after Brisbane herpetologist Stephen Karl Wilson.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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 Greer, A.E. 1989. The biology and evolution of Australian lizards. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW 264 pp. Laube, A. & Langner, C. 2007. Die Gattung Strophurus. Draco 8 (29): 49-66 - get paper here Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Storr G M 1983. Two new lizards from Western Australia (genera Diplodactylus and Lerista). Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 11 (1): 59-62 - 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.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Strophurus/wilsoni Google images

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