Gehyra baliola (DUMÉRIL, 1851)
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Gehyra baliola
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Common Names | E: Short-tailed Dtella |
| Synonym | Hemidactylus Baliolus DUMÉRIL 1851: 38 Hemidactylus baliolus — DUMÉRIL 1856 Peripia torresiana GÜNTHER 1877: 415 Peripia marmorata MACLEAY 1877: 99 Peripia brevicaudis MACLEAY 1877: 99 Gehyra baliola — BOULENGER 1885: 150 Gehyra variegata — BOULENGER (partim) 1885 Gehyra marmorata — BOULENGER 1885: 147 Gehyra brevicaudis — BOULENGER 1885: 147 Gehyra baliola — DE ROOIJ 1915: 42 Peropus baliolus — CHRAPLIWY et al. 1954 Gehyra baliola — WERMUTH 1965: 33 Gehyra oceanica — WHITAKER et al. (partim) 1982 Gehyra torresiana — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985 Gehyra baliola — KLUGE 1993 Gehyra baliola — COGGER 2000: 236 Gehyra baliola — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
| Distribution | Australia (Torres Strait Islands; island of the far northern Great Barrier Reef); not on the Australian mainland. SE Papua New Guinea Type locality: New Guinea. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MNHN-RA 6574 |
| Diagnosis | Description: Head more long than broad, snout conical, cheeks not swollen; forehead concave; ear-opening large, oval, oblique. Head granular, the granules enlarged on the snout. Rostral horseshoe-shaped; nostril bordered by the rostral, the first labial, a nasal and two or three smaller scales. Eleven upper and ten lower labials; mental triangular, not much larger than the labials; three pair of chin-shields, median longest, in contact. Body depressed; granular. Ventral scales large, cycloid, imbricate. Male with 18 femoral pores in an angular series. Tail depressed, with a sharp lateral edge, covered above with small scales, below with transversely enlarged ones. Limbs depressed; digits short, webbed at the base; the lamellae angular, divided by a median groove; a fold of the skin bordering the hind limb posteriorly (de Rooij 1915: 42). Coloration: Greyish-brown above, with reddish spots, a reddish-brown streak from the eye to the nape. Lower parts dirty white (de Rooij 1915: 42). Size: Length of head and body 99 mm.; tail 74 mm (de Rooij 1915: 42). |
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