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Gehyra xenopus STORR, 1978

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Crocodile-faced Dtella 
SynonymGehyra xenopus STORR 1978
Dactyloperus xenopus — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984
Phyriadoria xenopus — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1989
Gehyra xenopus — KLUGE 1993
Gehyra xenopus — COGGER 2000: 246
Gehyra xenopus — DOUGHTY et al. 2012 
DistributionAustralia (Western Australia, NW Kimberley region)

Type locality: near the Port Warrender road crossing of the King Edward River, 14° 52’ S, 126° 12’ E, W. A.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: WAM R56429 
Diagnosis 
CommentGroup: Belongs to G. australis group.

Similar species: populations that may have been assigned to G. xenopus have been described as Gehyra spheniscus. 
EtymologyFrom the Greek xenos (strange) plus pous (foot), referring to the unusual subdigital lamellae. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
References
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Horner, P. 2005. Gehyra koira sp. nov. (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), a new species of lizard with two allopatric subspecies from the Ord-Victoria region of north-western Australia and a key to the Gehyra australis species complex. The Beagle 21: 165-174 - get paper here
  • King M 1984. The Gehyra australis species complex (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 4 (2-4) 1983: 147-169 - get paper here
  • Storr, G. M. 1978. Seven new gekkonid lizards from Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 6: 337-352 - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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