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Gehyra pseudopunctata DOUGHTY, BOURKE, TEDESCHI, OLIVER & MORITZ, 2018

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Southern Kimberley spotted gecko 
SynonymGehyra pseudopunctata DOUGHTY, BOURKE, TEDESCHI, OLIVER & MORITZ in DOUGHTY et al. 2018: 217 
DistributionAustralia (Western Australia)

Type locality: Mt Nyulasy, Western Australia (16.74527°S; 128.28250°E), Australia.  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: WAM R164776, an adult male collected on 17 January 2008 by P. Doughty, P.M. Oliver and D. Moore. Paratypes (9). All from Western Australia: WAM R70554 (male), 9 km south-south-east of Mt Amy (17°15'S; 124°55'E); WAM R132856 (female), 10 km south Bow River Station (16°57'59"S; 128°13'58"E); WAM R151018 (male), Mt Nyulasy (16°45'03"S; 128°17'12"E); WAM R164777 (male) and WAM R164778 (male), as for holotype; WAM R172099 (DEC BP02080) (male), Windjana Gorge (17.2272°S; 124.8958°E); WAM R176238 (CCM1440) (male), Sir John Gorge, Mornington (17.52933°S; 126.21127°E); WAM R176242 (CCM1464) (female), Teronis Gorge, Tablelands (17.29564°S; 127.25612°E); WAM R176304 (CCM3085) (female), Mt Nyulasy (16.74565°S; 128.28288°E); NMV D77003 (female), King Leopold Ranges, Gibb River Road (17.1164°S; 125.13335°E). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A Gehyra with moderate body size (average 54 mm, range 47–58 mm SVL), no flap of skin between limbs, dorsal half of rostral deeply furrowed with groove, internasal usually absent, 2 postnasals similar in size, first supralabial taller and narrower than second, 2 pairs of chin shields, snout moderately long and straight or slightly convex in lateral view, first digit of manus and pes without protruding claw, 7 or 8 divided subdigital lamellae on fourth toe, mode of 8 (range 7–11) pre-cloacal pores in males arranged in short shallow curve pointing anteriorly. Background colouration in life dull tan to pinkish-brown with scattered large pale squarish spots and more irregular dark blotches, post-temporal and canthal streaks sometimes present.


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CommentHabitat. Gehyra pseudopunctata sp. nov. has mostly been collected from around large boulders, rock walls, platforms and associated crevices among large sandstone or granite rock formations, similar habitats to the large- bodied G. occidentalis and G. koira from the same region. It is sympatric with the G. nana complex, G. occidentalis and G. granulum sp. nov., and in the west of its range with G. kimberleyi. The species has often been observed running upside down beneath rock overhangs. This habitat differs from the small rock ‘rubble’ habitat typically associated with the smaller-bodied G. nana and G. granulum sp. nov. in the Kimberley.

Distribution: see map in Doughty et al. 2018: 203 (Fig. 1). 
EtymologyNamed after the long-standing attribution of this species to the Pilbara species G. punctata. Hence “false [= pseudo, Latin] punctata”.
 
References
  • DOUGHTY, PAUL; GAYLEEN BOURKE, LEONARDO G. TEDESCHI, RENAE C. PRATT, PAUL M. OLIVER, RUSSELL A. PALMER, CRAIG MORITZ 2018. Species delimitation in the Gehyra nana (Squamata: Gekkonidae) complex: cryptic and divergent morphological evolution in the Australian Monsoonal Tropics, with the description of four new species. Zootaxa 4403 (2): 201–244 - 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
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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