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Heteronotia binoei (GRAY, 1845)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Prickly Gecko, Bynoe's Gecko 
SynonymHeteronota Binoei GRAY 1845: 174
Eublepharis Derbianus GRAY 1845
Gymnodactylus Binoei — DUMÉRIL 1856
Phyllodactylus anomalus PETERS 1867: 14
Hoplodactylus (Pentadactylus) australis STEINDACHNER 1867
Pentadactylus australis — GRAY 1867
Diplodactylus anomalus — SCHMELTZ 1869
Heteronota binoei — GÜNTHER 1875
Discodactylus anomalus — SCHMELTZ 1877
Diplodactylus annulatus MACLEAY 1877: 97
Heteronota binoei — BOULENGER 1885: 74
Heteronota derbiana — BOULENGER 1885: 75
Diplodactylus annulatus — BOULENGER 1885: 97
Heteronota Derbyana — STRAUCH 1887
Heteronota derbiana — OUDEMANS 1894: 132
Heteronota bynoei LUCAS & FROST 1896
Heteronotia binoei — STERNFELD 1925: 229
Heteronotia binoei — WORRELL 1963
Heteronotia anomalus — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984
Heteronotia annulata — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985
Heteronotia anomala — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985
Heteronotia derbiana — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985
Heteronotia horneri WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 13
Heteronotia wadei WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 13
Heteronotia binoei — RÖSLER 1995: 126
Heteronotia binoei — COGGER 2000: 247
Heteronotia binoei — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland,
South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia)

Type locality: Houtman's Abrolhos.

Type locality: “Rockhampton in Ostaustralien” [Queensland] [Phyllodactylus anomalus PETERS 1867].  
ReproductionThis "species" is (at least partly) parthenogenetic (Fujita et al. 2020). 
TypesHolotype: BMNH xxii.93a
Holotype: ZMB 5718 [Phyllodactylus anomalus PETERS 1867] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus). A genus of moderately small (~50 mm SVL), slender gekkonine lizards with small narrow head and long slender tail tapering to a point; rostral and mental shields rounded; labials much larger than neighboring scales, 4 enlarged postmentals, digits long and slender, with claw between three enlarged scales; no enlarged apical lamellae, single row of enlarged transverse lamellae beneath digits; precloacal pores present in males, cloacal spurs not greatly enlarged.


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CommentDistribution: Does not occur in the more humid regions of SW-West Australia and S-Victoria and adjacent South Australia and New South Wales.

Type species: Heteronota Binoei GRAY 1845 is the type species of the genus Heteronotia WERMUTH 1965 (nomen novum pro Heteronota GRAY non Heteronota GERMAR 1835 = nomen substitutum pro Heteronotus LAPORTE-CASTELNAU 1832 [Rhynchota] non Heteronota MEYRICK 1902 [Lepidoptera]).

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed for Benjamin Bynoe (1803-1865), surgeon aboard the Beagle surveying expedition in Australian waters (1837-1843) during which the type was collected. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024)

The genus name Heteronotia is a modification by Wermuth (1965) of Gray's original Heteronota, necessary to avoid homonymy. Gray (1845) did not indicate the derivation of his name, but it is presumably from the Greek heteros (different) plus notos (back), alluding to the irregularly arranged enlarged scales on the dorsal surface. 
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