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Oedodera marmorata BAUER, JACKMAN, SADLIER & WHITHAKER, 2006

IUCN Red List - Oedodera marmorata - Critically Endangered, CR

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymOedodera marmorata BAUER, JACKMAN, SADLIER & WHITHAKER 2006
Oedodera marmorata — SKIPWITH et al. 2016 
DistributionNW New Caledonia

Type locality: Creek à Paul, Sommet Noir, Paagoumène, 11 km NW Koumac, Province Nord, New Caledonia, 20°29’ 21.1’’ S, 164° 11’ 49.5’’ E, elevation 20 m.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 2004.0015 (formerly AMS R161256), collected by A. H. Whitaker and V. A. Whitaker, 19 October 2001. Paratypes: AMS R 161257, 161259, CAS 230934, same data as holotype; AMS R 161263, Ruisseau des Gaïacs, Paagoumène, 6 km NW Koumac, Province Nord, New Caledonia, 20° 31’ 16.2’’ S, 164° 14’ 40.6’’ E, 30 m, etc. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus). Oedodera may be distinguished from all other New Caledonian diplodactylid genera by the following combination of character states: body size small (to 61 mm SVL); head large, neck distinctly swollen, nearly as wide as the widest part of head; tail to 93% of SVL; dorsal scalation granular, homogeneous; body without extensive skin webs or flaps; expanded, undivided subdigital lamellae under all toes; reduced claw of digit I of manus and pes situated between an asymmetrical pair of apical scansors; digit I of pes only with a small rounded scale on medial side in gap between subdigital lamellae and apical scansors; medial apical scansor present on digit II of one or more feet (condition variable); precloacal pores in two or three short rows (fewer than 20 pores in total) not extending onto thighs, females with precloacal slits or pits without secretory material; dorsal pattern of marbled or reticulated brown; venter distinctly yellowish (BAUER et al. 2012).


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CommentType species: Oedodera marmorata BAUER, JACKMAN, SADLIER & WHITHAKER 2006 is the type species of the genus Oedodera BAUER, JACKMAN, SADLIER & WHITHAKER 2006.

Diplodactylidae fide BAUER (pers. comm. 18 Feb 2011). 
EtymologyThe species is named after the Latin “marmorata” for ‘‘marbled’’ and refers to the dorsal patterning of the species. It is feminine matching the generic name in gender.

The genus name is derived from the Latinized version of the Greek roots oidema (a swelling) and dere (neck) and refers to the characteristic swollen appearance of the neck in all specimens of this genus. The name is feminine. 
References
  • Barts, M. 2006. Verbeulte Geckos und geschwätzige Skinke - neue Echsen aus Neukaledonien. Terraria 1 (1): 28-29
  • Bauer, Aaron M.; Jackman, Todd; Sadlier, R.A.; Whitaker, A.H. 2006. A new genus and species of Diplodactylid gecko (Reptilia: Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from northwestern New Caledonia. Pacific Science 60 (1): 125-136 - get paper here
  • BAUER, AARON M.; TODD R. JACKMAN, ROSS A. SADLIER & ANTHONY H. WHITAKER 2012. Revision of the giant geckos of New Caledonia (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Rhacodactylus). Zootaxa 3404: 1–52 - get paper here
  • Langner, Christian & Patrick Schönecker 2018. Pacific Lost World – die weniger bekannte, gefährdete Geckofauna Neukaledoniens. Terraria-Elaphe 2018 (1): 14-26 [2017] - get paper here
  • SCHÖNECKER, Patrick & Christian LANGNER 2012. Neue Namen und alte Bekannte – Gattungsrevision der Neukaledonischen Riesengeckos (Rhacodactylus) und weiterer Geckogattungen Neukaledoniens. Terraria-Elaphe 2012 (6): 58-65 - get paper here
  • Skipwith, Phillip L.; Aaron M. Bauer, Todd R. Jackman and Ross A. Sadlier 2016. Old but not ancient: coalescent species tree of New Caledonian geckos reveals recent post-inundation diversification. Journal of Biogeography, DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12719 - get paper here
 
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