Nephrurus deleani HARVEY, 1983

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Higher Taxa	Carphodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Pernatty Knob-tail
Synonym	Nephrurus vertebrais — COGGER 1979 (partim) Nephrurus deleani HARVEY 1983 Nephrurus deleani — KLUGE 1993 Nephrurus deteani Nephrurus deleani — RÖSLER 1995: 73 Nephrurus deleani — COGGER 2000: 255 Nephrurus deleani — OLIVER & BAUER 2011 Nephrurus deleani — COGGER 2014: 265
Distribution	Australia (SC South Australia, region of Pernatty Lagoon) Type locality: 44 km south-east of Pimba, SA (31°31'S, 137°08'E)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: SAM R21868; paratype: WAM
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Dr. J. Steven "Steve" C. Delean, an Australian statistician who worked at James Cook University, North Queensland.
References	Annable, Terry 1998. Nephrurus deleani (Harvey 1983). Dactylus 3 (3): 115-116 Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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. Delean,S. & Harvey, C. 1983. Notes on the Reproduction of Nephrurus deleani (Reptilia:Gekkonidae) from South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108 (3/4): 221-222 - 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 Harvey C 1983. A new species of Nephrurus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 107 (3-4): 231-235 - 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 Read, John 1998. Hemmed in on all sides? The status of the restricted gecko, Nephrurus deleani. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 28 (2): 30-38 Rösler, Herbert 1995. Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Urania, Leipzig, 256 pp. Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List - Nephrurus deleani - Endangered, EN National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/gekkonidae.pdf http://www.kingsnake.com/oz/lizards/geckos/ndeleani.htm http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Nephrurus/deleani Google images

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