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Nactus simakal HOSKIN, DAVIES & ALAND, 2024

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Dauan Island Gecko 
SynonymNactus simakal HOSKIN, DAVIES & ALAND 2024: 583 
DistributionAustralia (Queensland: Dauan Island)

Type locality: Dauan Island (-9.41337° S, 142.53781° E; 50 m above sea level).  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. Female, QM J97603 (Fig. 4), field collection code: conx5934, C. J. Hoskin, K. Aland, A. Davies & A. Zwar, 11/01/2021. Paratypes. QM J97602 (field collection code: conx5935), QM J97604 (conx5943), QM J97605 (conx5948), all collection details as for holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. A slender, elongate Nactus gecko with strongly banded pattern and prominently keeled subcaudal scales. (Hoskin et al. 2024)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Simakal Pad, the local language name for Mt Cornwallis (the mountain that dominates Dauan Island). 
References
  • HOSKIN, C. J., DAVIES, A., & ALAND, K. 2024. A new species of Nactus gecko from boulder-pile habitat on Dauan Island, Torres Strait, Australia. Zootaxa 5497(4), 577-590 - get paper here
 
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