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Amalosia capensis HOSKIN & COUPER, 2023

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cape York Zigzag Gecko 
SynonymAmalosia capensis HOSKIN & COUPER 2023: 329 
DistributionAustralia (Queensland)

Type locality: McIlwraith Range (13° 42’ 34” S, 143° 18’ 44” E  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. QM J97595, Male (Fig. 24), field collection code: conx5688, C. J. Hoskin & A. Zimny, 16/9/2014. Paratypes. (all localities in far northern Queensland) QM J57768, Captain Billy Landing (11° 37’ S, 142° 51’ E); J26207, Cape York, Heathlands (11° 39’ S, 142° 50’ E); J58257, Messum Hill, 3 km NNE (11° 42’ S, 142° 52’ E); J54035, Heathlands Junction, 14 km S, on Cape Rd (11° 51’ S, 142° 38’ E); J87962, Coolibah, Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve (12° 22’ 58” S, 142° 10’ 45” E); J39662, False Pera Head, ca 35 km NW Aurukun (13° 05’ S, 141° 57’ E); J38305, Buthen, 4 km SW (13° 22’ S, 143° 25’ E); J32511, McIlwraith Range, Leo Ck (13° 33’ S, 143° 28’ E); J58229, Rokeby NP, Ironbark Dam (13° 37’ S, 142° 48’ E); J23494, Rokeby Homestead, 4.8–6.4 km W (13° 39’ S, 142° 37’ E); J38304, Coen, 19 km ENE, weather station (13° 42’ S, 143° 18’ E); J97594, J97596–97, McIlwraith Range (13° 42’ 34” S, 143° 18’ 44” E); J86896–97, Kulla NP, McIlwraith Range (13° 42’ 39” S, 143° 18’ 38” E); J86895, Kulla NP, McIlwraith Range (13° 42’ 39” S, 143° 18’ 38” E); J38174, Rocky Scrub, 28 km NE of Coen (13° 44’ S, 143° 20’ E); J38098, Rocky Ck mouth, 8 km NW (13° 44’ S, 143° 28’ E). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. A small (max. SVL ~ 51 mm), elongate (AG/SVL 0.42–0.52) member of the A. rhombifer group with a pale, dark-edged, zigzag dorsal pattern that is even and continuous (i.e., typically not broken by any narrow, transverse lines from the nape to the hips). Webbing absent, or minimal, between third and fourth toes. Males with 2–4 (typically, 3), pointed, postcloacal spurs (smaller and rounded in females) and 13–25 precloacal pores, with a narrow gap in the series (1–4 scales). The second supralabial is usually taller or equal in height to the first, and wider than the first. (Hoskin & Couper 2023)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed for its occurrence on Cape York Peninsula, far northern Queensland. 
References
  • HOSKIN, C. J., & COUPER, P. J. 2023. Revision of zigzag geckos (Diplodactylidae: Amalosia) in eastern Australia, with description of five new species. Zootaxa 5343(4), 301-337 - get paper here
 
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