Crenadactylus occidentalis DOUGHTY, ELLIS & OLIVER, 2016

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Higher Taxa	Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Western clawless gecko
Synonym	Crenadactylus occidentalis DOUGHTY, ELLIS & OLIVER 2016 Crenadactylus occidentalis — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 122
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia: Carnarvon coast) Type locality: Dirk Hartog Homestead, Dirk Hartog Island, WA (26°00'S, 113°12'E)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R113683, adult male, collected by B. Maryan and R. Browne-Cooper, 19 April 1992. Fixed in 10% formalin, stored in 70% ethanol at WAM. Paratypes (6). WAM R57525, 40 km north-east of Yuna, WA (28°06'S, 115°15'E); WAM R96676, 10 km north-west of Wandina Homestead, WA (27°56'S, 115°33'E); WAM R120779, Nerren Nerren Station, WA (27°03'24"S, 114°35'21"E); WAM R124891, 38 km west south-west Hamelin Homestead, WA (26°35'34"S, 113°53'22"E); WAM R131376, 70 km south of Exmouth, WA (22°34'47"S, 114°07'00"E); WAM R135497, False Entrance Well, WA (26°23'S, 113°19'E).
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A medium-sized (to 32.6 mm SVL) species of Crenadactylus with wide (HW/HL 0.50–0.60) head. Rostral in full contact with nostril, internasal (if present) not extending beyond supranasal, 2 (occasionally 3) small postmentals, dorsal scales homogeneous and weakly keeled, 3–4 pre-cloacal pores, innermost pore-bearing scales separated by an intervening scale, no enlarged tubercles on original tails. Ground colour tan and light brown; dorsal pattern consists of well-defined pale and dark longitudinal stripes, small pale white to orange spots comprised of 2– 3 scales may be present, lateral zones pale to dark grey with at most faint uniform stippling (not forming lines); ventrum pale off-white with stippling absent to moderate.
Comment	Habitat. Collection records indicate a preference for spinifex and coastal dune vegetation such as shrubs, Acacia and Banksia. Occasionally collected from under tin and limestone slabs. Distribution: See map in Doughty et al. 2016: Fig. 2.
Etymology	The specific name occidentalis (Latin) refers to the western distribution of this species.
References	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 DOUGHTY, PAUL; RYAN J. ELLIS, PAUL M. OLIVER 2016. Many things come in small packages: Revision of the clawless geckos (Crenadactylus: Diplodactylidae) of Australia. Zootaxa 4168 (2): 239–278 - get paper here 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 Maryan, B., Gaikhorst, G., & Parkhurst, B. 2024. The terrestrial herpetofauna of the Zuytdorp coast and hinterland of Western Australia: Exceptional richness in a global biodiversity hotspot. Western Australian Naturalist, 33, 3
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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