Nactus eboracensis (MACLEAY, 1877)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Heteronota eboracensis MACLEAY 1877: 101 Heteronota ? eboracensis — BOULENGER 1885: 76 Nactus eboracensis — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984 Nactus eboracensis — ZUG 1998 Nactus eboracensis — COGGER 2000: 741 Nactus eboracensis — PAPENFUSS et al. 2010
Distribution	Australia (Queensland: Northern half of Cape York Peninsula and some Torres Strait islands) Type locality: Cape York, Queensland.
Reproduction	bisexual
Types	Lectotype: AMS R29951 (fide Shea & Sadlier 1999: 22); MAMU = Macleay Museum R975 (designated by KLUGE 1963)
Diagnosis
Comment	Synonymy: Previously considered as s synonym of Gymnodactylus (Nactus) pelagicus pelagicus, e.g. by WERMUTH 1965 and RÖSLER 2000.
Etymology	Presumably named after the Latin place name Eboracum (York, in England). This species was described from Cape York, in Queensland. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024)
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - 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. 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 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 Macleay, W. 1877. The lizards of the Chevert Expedition. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 2: 60-69; 97-104 - get paper here 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 Zug, George R. 1998. Australian populations of the Nactus pelagicus complex (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42 (2): 613-626 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/gekkonidae.pdf http://www.ifrance.com/reptiles-passion/classification/amphisbene… http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Nactus/eboracensis http://www.wildherps.com/species/S.basiliscus.html Google images

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