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Heteronotia spelea (KLUGE, 1963)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Pilbara Cave Gecko, Cave Prickly Gecko, Desert Cave Gecko 
SynonymHeteronota spelea KLUGE 1963: 64
Heteronotia spelea — WERMUTH 1965
Heteronotia spelea — KLUGE 1993
Heteronotia spelea — COGGER 2000: 248
Heteronotia spelea — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (Western Australia: Pilbara Plateau south to the Hamersley Range; Kennedy Range)

Type locality: "Prophecy West" mine at Bamboo Creek, Marble Bar District, W. A.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: WAM R12638, female 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A moderately large, long-tailed Heteronotia with bold pattern of dark straight-edged transverse nuchal, dorsal and caudal bands, distinguishable from H. planiceps by temporal stripe in contact with nuchal band but not with occipital band [from STORR 1989].


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CommentSimilar species: Closely related to Heteronotia planiceps, but the relationship has not been resolved. 
Etymologyspelea refers to this species’ cave-dwelling habits. 
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.
  • 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
  • Kluge, A. G. 1963. A review of the gekkonid lizard genus Heteronota Gray, with a description of a new species from Western Australia. J. Royal Soc. Western Australia, 46:63-67 - get paper here
  • Pepper, Mitzy; Paul Doughty, Matthew K. Fujita, Craig Moritz, J. Scott Keogh 2013. Speciation on the Rocks: Integrated Systematics of the Heteronotia spelea Species Complex (Gekkota; Reptilia) from Western and Central Australia. PLoS One 8 (11): e78110. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0078110 - get paper here
  • Storr, G. M. 1989. A new Heteronotia (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from Western Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 14: 269—273 - 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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