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Nactus galgajuga (INGRAM, 1978)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Black Mountain Slender-toed Gecko 
SynonymCyrtodactylus galgajuga INGRAM 1978: 142
Nactus galgajuga — KLUGE 1983
Nactus galgajuga — KLUGE 1993
Nactus galgajuga — COGGER 2000: 251
Nactus (Nactus) galgajuga — RÖSLER 2000: 95
Nactus galgajuga — PAPENFUSS et al. 2010 
DistributionAustralia (NE Queensland)

Type locality: nr Black Mountain (15°40’S 145°14’E), Trevethan Range, 22km S Cooktown, Queensland  
Reproductionbisexual 
TypesHolotype: QM J29474 (GJ Ingram & D Miller 1.i.1977). Paratype: AM R70110. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A slim rock-dwelling Cyrtodactylus (plate 1) with the preanal and femoral regions covered by enlarged scales relative to the smaller scales of the anal area and the posterior surfaces of the thighs (plate 2), ten well defined rows of tubercles at midbody, no lateral skin fold, and six purplish transverse bands between ear region and hind limbs. (Ingram 1978)


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CommentAbundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). 
Etymology"Galgajuga is the territory name for Black Mountain in Gugu-Yalanji, the Bloomfield River language" (ingram, 1978) (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
References
  • Bullock D J; Arnold E N; Bloxam Q 1985. A new endemic gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Mauritius. Journal of Zoology SERIES A 206(4) 1985: 591-599
  • 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.
  • HEINICKE, MATTHEW P.; ELI GREENBAUM, TODD R. JACKMAN, AARON M. BAUER 2010. Molecular Phylogenetics of Pacific Nactus (Squamata: Gekkota: Gekkonidae) and the Diphyly of Australian Species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 61 (17): 633-646 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Ingram,G. 1978. A new species of gecko, genus Cyrtodactylus, from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. Victorian Naturalist 95: 142-146 - get paper here
  • Kraus, Fred 2005. The genus Nactus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae): a phylogenetic analysis and description of two new species from the Papuan Region. Zootaxa 1061: 1-28 - get paper here
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
  • Zug, G.R. & Fisher, R.N. 2012. A preliminary assessment of the Nactus pelagicus species group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in New Guinea and a new species from the Admiralty Islands. Zootaxa 3257: 22–37 - get paper here
 
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