Lucasium wombeyi (STORR, 1978)

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Higher Taxa	Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Pilbara Ground Gecko
Synonym	Diplodactylus wombeyi STORR 1978 Turnerdactylus wombeyi — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1989 Diplodactylus wombeyi — KLUGE 1993 Diplodactylus wombeyi — COGGER 2000: 234 Lucasium wombeyi — OLIVER et al. 2007 Lucasium wombeyi — COGGER 2014: 315
Distribution	Australia (S Pilbara, Western Australia) Type locality: Cockeraga River, 22° 05’ S, 118° 48’ E, W. A.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R36747
Diagnosis
Comment	Group: Diplodactylus stenodactylus group.
Etymology	Named after Canberra naturalist John C. Wombey.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here 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 Oliver, Paul M.; Hutchinson, Mark N.; Cooper, Steven J.B. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray and resurrection of Lucasium Wermuth (Gekkota, Diplodactylidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 55( 3):197-210 - get paper here Pepper, Mitzy; Paul Doughty, J. Scott Keogh 2006. Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the Australian Diplodactylus stenodactylus (Gekkota; Reptilia) species-group based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes reveals an ancient split between Pilbara and non-Pilbara D. stenodactylus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 539–555 - 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.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/90/paper/ZO07008.htm http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Lucasium/wombeyi http://www.seh-herpetology.org/images/atlas/pdf/ophidia/planaj.pdf http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/reptiles/squamata/cordylidae… Google images

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