Lepidodactylus pumilus (BOULENGER, 1885)
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Slender Chained Gecko |
Synonym | Gecko pumilus BOULENGER 1885: 473 Lepidodactylus pumilus — BOULENGER 1898 Gecko pumilus — DE ROOIJ 1915: 54 Lepidodactylus pumilis — COGGER 1979 Lepidodactylus pumilis — OTA 1987: 167 Lepidodactylus pumilus — KLUGE 1993 Lepidodactylus pumilus — COGGER 2000: 250 Lepidodactylus pumilis — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
Distribution | Australia (Queensland, Cape York Peninsula), Murray and Hammond Islands (Torres Strait Islands), Papua New Guinea (Daru Island and Fly River region, Western District) Type locality: Murray Is., Torres Strait, Qld. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.25.93 |
Diagnosis | Description: Head small; its width equals the distance from the end of the snout to the orbit posteriorly; snout one time and a half the diameter of the orbit; forehead slightly concave; ear-opening very small, roundish. Head covered with uniform small granules, much larger on the snout. Rostral quadrangular, not quite twice so broad as high, with a median cleft above; nostril bordered by the rostral, the first labial and three enlarged nasals. Eleven to twelve upper and nine or ten lower labials; mental small, triangular, not larger than the labials; three or four transverse rows of small hexagonal chin-shields. Body elongate, covered with small granules above. Ventral scales small, rounded, imbricate. Male with a short angular series of 11 praeanal pores, separated from 12 femoral pores on each side. Tail cylindrical, slightly depressed at the base, covered with uniform small flat scales, largest below. Limbs moderate; digits one third webbed, dilated, inferiorly with angularly curved, undivided lamellae, 10-12 under the median toes (de Rooij 1915: 54). Coloration: Pale reddish-brown above, with irregular dark brown spots, a dark line in the loreal region. Tail with dark markings. Belly brownish-white, many of the scales brown-dotted; throat and lips spotted with dark brown (de Rooij 1915: 54). Size: Length of head and body 42 mm.; tail 44 mm (de Rooij 1915: 54). |
Comment | Group. Member of Lepidodactylus group I. Kraus and Oliver included 4 species in the L. pumilus group: L. magnus, L. pumilus, L. sacrolineatus, and L. zweifeli. |
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