Nactus galgajuga (INGRAM, 1978)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Black Mountain Slender-toed Gecko
Synonym	Cyrtodactylus 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
Distribution	Australia (NE Queensland) Type locality: nr Black Mountain (15°40’S 145°14’E), Trevethan Range, 22km S Cooktown, Queensland
Reproduction	bisexual
Types	Holotype: QM J29474 (GJ Ingram & D Miller 1.i.1977). Paratype: AM R70110.
Diagnosis
Comment	Abundance: 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	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 - 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/gekkonidae.pdf http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Nactus/galgajuga Google images

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