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Nephrurus sheai COUPER, 1994

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Higher TaxaCarphodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Kimberley Rough Knob-tail 
SynonymNephrurus sheai COUPER in COUPER & GREGSON 1994
Nephrurus sheai — COGGER 2000: 742
Nephrurus sheai — OLIVER & BAUER 2011
Nephrurus sheai — COGGER 2014: 267
Nephrurus sheai — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 104 
DistributionAustralia (Northern Territory)

Type locality: Bowerbird Camp, Magela Ck, NT (12°47'S, 133°07'E)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NTM R11470, collected by I. Archibald and J. Bywater, 1 September 1983
Paratypes: AMS (AM), NTM, QM, NMV, SAMA; 42 paratypes in WAM: R1340, Leopold Downs, WA; R12614, Calwynyardah, WA; R13646, Kalumburu, WA; R26633, Halls Creek, WA; R27374, Kalumburu, WA; R43153, Mitchell Plateau, WA; R46116, Margaret River HS, WA; R46782, Prince Regent River [NP], WA; R47587, 8 km N Katherine, NT; R48175, Moola Bulla, WA; R50460, Drysdale River NP, WA; R52661, Lake Argyle, WA; R56423, King Edward River crossing, WA; R56466, Plain Creek, Beverley Springs Stn, WA; R57118, Inglis Gap, King Leopold Range, WA; R57123–27, Gibb River crossing, 47 km N Gibb River Stn, WA; R58636, 25 km SE Bedford Downs HS, WA; R58647, 10 km SE Lansdowne HS, WA; R58671, 20 km ENE Tableland, WA; R60343, R60362, R60947, Jasper Gorge, 53 km NW Victoria River Downs HS, NT; R64731, 4.5 km SE Clancys Yard, WA; R70029, 43 km NW Fitzroy Crossing, WA; R70551, 9.5 km W Inglis Gap, WA; R70552, 8.6 km 167o [SSE] Mt Amy, Napier Downs Stn, WA; R70562, 3.5 km WNW Lissadell HS, WA; R73904, Mt Barnett Stn, WA; R73903, Ellenbrae Stn, WA; R77269, R77581, R77585, Mitchell Plateau, WA; R83359, 24 km NW Mt Elizabeth HS, WA; R83531–32, Galvans Gorge, WA; R86927, Lake Argyle, WA; R87082, 0.5 km N Mary Pool, WA; R87092, 8 km SW Halls Creek, WA. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Glenn Michael Shea (b. 1961), a veterinary surgeon and herpetologist and a Research Associate at the Australian Museum, Sydney. He qualified at Sydney University (1983), after which he taught anatomy while completing his doctoral thesis (1992) on Blue-tongued Lizards. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Chapple, David G.; Reid Tingley, Nicola J. Mitchell, Stewart L. Macdonald, J. Scott Keogh, Glenn M. Shea, Philip Bowles, Neil A. Cox, John C. Z. Woinarski 2019. The Action Plan for Australian Lizards and Snakes 2017. CSIRO, 663 pp. DOI: 10.1071/9781486309474 - 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.
  • Couper P J; Gregson R A M 1994. Redescription of Nephrurus asper Gunther, and description of N. amyae sp. nov. and N. sheai sp. nov. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 37(1): 53-67 - get paper here
  • 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, P.M. & Bauer, A.M. 2011. Systematics. and evolution of the Australian knob-tail geckos (Nephrurus, Carphodactylidae, Gekkota): Pleisomorphic grades and biome shifts through the Miocene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (3): 664-674 - get paper here
  • Paluh, D. J. and A. M. Bauer 2016. Nephrurus sheai (Northern Knob-tailed Gecko) diet. Herpetological Review 47(3): 466-467. - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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