Christinus marmoratus (GRAY, 1845)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Marbled Southern Gecko, Marbled Gecko
Synonym	Phyllodactylus porphyreus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836 (partim) Phyllodactylus Peronii FITZINGER 1843: 95 Diplodactylus marmoratus GRAY 1845 Goniodactylus australis GRAY 1845 Gonatodes australis — BOULENGER 1885: 72 (?) Phyllodactylus marmoratus — BOULENGER 1885: 88 Phyllodactylus macrodactylus BOULENGER 1885: 89 Phyllodactylus affinis — BOULENGER 1885: 89 Phyllodactylus marmoratus — LUCAS & FROST 1894: 28 Phyllodactylus marmoratus — LOVERIDGE 1934 Phyllodactylus marmoratus — BUSTARD 1965 Phyllodactylus marmoratus — COGGER 1983 Christinus marmoratus — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984 Christinus biggsae WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 10 Phyllodactylus marmoratus marmoratus — STORR 1987 Christinus marmoratus marmoratus — RÖSLER 2000: 62 Christinus marmoratus macrodactylus — RÖSLER 2000: 62 Christinus marmoratus — COGGER 2000: 208 Christinus marmoratus — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 60 Christinus marmoratus — HEINICKE et al. 2014
Distribution	Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia) Type locality: restricted to West- and South Australia (Kangaroo Island, Swan River, Freemantle, Champion Bay, Houtman’s Abrolhos, Norfolk Island, Aneitum). Type locality: “Australia” and “Houtman’s Abrollos” [GRAY 1845]. Type locality: Australia [macrodactylus].
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype: BMNH xxi.9.a. Designated by Wells & Wellington (1985) (marmoratus) Syntypes: MNHN 6734, 6734A [Peronii] Holotype: BMNH 55.8.16.15 [affinis] Holotype: BMNH xxii.86a [australis] Syntypes: BMNH 70.6.26.60 [macrodactylus] Holotype: AMS 116977 [biggsae]
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Comment	Karyotype: Christinus marmoratus marmoratus is a composite of two chromosomally distinct, but morphologically very similar taxa. Type species: Diplodactylus marmoratus GRAY 1845 is the type species of the genus Christinus WELLS & WELLINGTON 1994: 75. See comments in Bauer 1994 for a discussion of nomenclatorial issues. Subspecies: Christinus marmoratus macrodactylus is not recognized as subspecies any more (Glenn Shea, pers. comm. Feb 2019).
Etymology	Named after the marmorated color pattern of this species. The genus was named for Miss Christine Biggs of London.
References	Bauer, A.M. 1994. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien: Gekkonidae I (Australia). Das Tierreich, Vol. 108, W. de Gruyter & Co. (Berlin) Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here Bush, B. 1981. Reptiles of the Kalgoorlie-Esperance Region. B. Bush, Perth, 46 pp - get paper here Bustard, H.R. 1965. Observations on Australian geckos Herpetologica 21 (4): 294-302. - get paper here Clemann, N., & Robertson, P. 2023. A winner in a time of loss: Recent range expansion of the Marbled Gecko'Christinus marmoratus' in Victoria. The Victorian Naturalist, 140(2), 45-47 - 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. Donnellan,S.C.; Aplin,K.P. & Dempsey,P.J. 2000. Genetic and morphological variation in Australian Christinus (Squamata: Gekkonidae): preliminary overview with recognition of a cryptic species on the Nullarbor plain. Australian Journal of Zoology 48: 289-315 - get paper here Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium, fasciculus primus, Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel, Wien: 106 pp. - get paper here Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp. - get paper here Hallermann, J. 2020. An annotated list of reptiles and amphibians from the 1905 Hamburg expedition to southwest Australia deposited in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Evolutionary Systematics 4: 61 - get paper here Heinicke, Matthew P.; Juan D. Daza, Eli Greenbaum, Todd R. Jackman & Aaron M. Bauer 2014. Phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of a circum-Indian Ocean clade of leaf-toed geckos (Reptilia: Gekkota), with a description of two new genera. Systematics and Biodiversity 12 (1): 23-42, DOI:10.1080/14772000.2013.877999 - get paper here How, RA, Cowan, MA, Teale, RJ, Schmitt, LH. 2020. Environmental correlates of reptile variation on the Houtman Abrolhos archipelago, eastern Indian Ocean. J Biogeogr. 47: 2017– 2028 - get paper here Kay, G.M.; D. Michael; M. Crane; S. Okada; C. MacGregor; D. Florance; D. Trengove; L. McBurney; D. Blair; D.B. Lindenmayer. 2013. A list of reptiles and amphibians from Box Gum Grassy Woodlands in south-eastern Australia. Check List 9 (3):476-481 - get paper here King, M.; Rofe, R. 1976. Karyotypic variation in the Australian gekko Phyllodactylus marmoratus (Gray) (Gekkonidae: Reptilia). Chromosoma 54(1):75-87 - get paper here Lucas, A. H. S. & Frost, C. 1894. The lizards indigenous to Victoria. Proc. R. Soc. Vict. (ns) 6: 24-92 - get paper here Michael, D.R.; D.B. Lindenmayer; M. Crane; C. MacGregor; R. Montague-Drake; L. McBurney. 2011. Reptilia, Murray catchment, New South Wales, southeastern Australia. Check List 7 (1):25-29 - get paper here Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Rösler, H. 2000. Studien an den Begattungsorganen der Geckos (Reptilia: Gekkota) - 5. Der Hemipenis von Christinus marmoratus marmoratus (GRAY 1845) (Gekkonidae: Gekkoninae). Gekkota 2: 255-258 Rösler, Herbert 1995. Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Urania, Leipzig, 256 pp. Rösler, Herbert 2017. Gecko-Chorologie (Squamata: Gekkota). Gekkota (4): 1-160 Storr, G. M. 1987. The genus Phyllodactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) in Western Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 13 (2): 275-284 - get paper here Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp. Wells, R. W. and Wellington, C. R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series (1): 1-61 [sometimes cited as 1983] - 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.kingsnake.com/oz/lizards/geckos/cmarmoratus.html http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/lizards/images/lthumblivgec.htm http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Christinus… Google images

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