You are here » home search results Gehyra spheniscus

Gehyra spheniscus DOUGHTY, PALMER, SISTROM, BAUER & DONNELLAN, 2012

Can you confirm these amateur observations of Gehyra spheniscus?

Add your own observation of
Gehyra spheniscus »

We have no photos, try to find some by Google images search: Google images

Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Small Wedge-toed Gecko 
SynonymGehyra spheniscus DOUGHTY, PALMER, SISTROM, BAUER & DONNELLAN 2012 
DistributionAustralia (Kimberley region)

Type locality: Lower Monjon Rocks, Prince Regent River Nature Reserve (15.9775°S; 125.3678°E), Australia.  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: WAM R171591* (male), collected on 25 January 2010 by C.A. Stevenson and R. Somaweera. Paratypes: WAM 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS: Digits broadly expanded basally and subdigital scansors present on all digits of manus and pes. Digit I of manus and pes clawless or bearing a minute claw, penultimate phalanx of digits II–V free from scansorial pad. Body atuberculate. Differs from non-Australian Gehyra by lack of extensive webbing between toes III and IV and a cutaneous fold along the posterior margin of the hindlimb, and the presence of transversely widened subcaudal scales. Differs from Australian species by small (~ 45 mm SVL) body size and a wedge of granules at the base of the expanded terminal pads on the digits; further distinguished from G. xenopus by 6 lamellae on fourth finger and toe, 7 or 8 upper and lower labials, single internarial, ~30 interorbital scales, ~25 precloacal and femoral pores in males in an unbroken chevron and dorsal pattern with transverse rows of alternating light and dark spots or bars.
 
CommentSimilar species: May have been previously confused with G. xenopus.

HABITAT: All specimens were collected from areas of rugged sandstone. Collection notes mention the tops of open sandstone platforms, the top of a large boulder on a high outcrop and one specimen from a tree in a wetland adjacent to a low rocky ridge. 
EtymologyThe epithet spheniscus (Latinized Greek), meaning ‘a small wedge’ refers to the triangle-shaped wedge of granules on the toe pads. Used as a noun in apposition. 
References
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Doughty, Paul;, Russell Palmer, Mark J. Sistrom, Aaron M. Bauer and Stephen C. Donnellan, 2012. Two new species of Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) geckos from the north-west Kimberley region of Western Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 27: 117-134 - 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
 
External links  
Is it interesting? Share with others:

As link to this species use URL address:

https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Gehyra&species=spheniscus

without field 'search_param'. Field 'search_param' is used for browsing search result.



Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator