Oedura murrumanu OLIVER, LAVER, MELVILLE & DOUGHTY, 2014

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Higher Taxa	Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Limestone Range Velvet Gecko
Synonym	Oedura murrumanu OLIVER, LAVER, MELVILLE & DOUGHTY 2014
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia) Type locality: Oscar Range, Western Australia (17.9166°S, 125.3024°E).
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: WAM R173368 (Field# PMO54), an adult male with original tail, collected by Paul Oliver, Paul Horner, and Susan Perkins on 28 October 2013. Paratypes. WAM R173370 (Field# PMO56), NMV D76948 (PMO55) with same collection details as holotype; NMV D77002 (PMO51), NMV D76947 (PMO53), WAM R173369 (Field# PMO52) collected by Paul Oliver, Paul Horner, and Susan Perkins, Oscar Range (17.9125°S, 125.2827°E) on 28 October 2013.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A large (SVL to 10 mm) species of Oedura, with a wide (HW/SVL 0.18–0.20) and relatively shallow head (HD/SVL 0.011), moderately long (TL/SVL 0.69–0.74) and slightly to moderately swollen tail (TW < HW), large eyes (EYE/SVL 0.067–0.069), rostral crease extending less than 20% height of rostral, digits with –7 paired sets of distal subdigital lamellae, of which the largest are expanded to form distinct lateral fringes, a weak postorbital stripe, light spots on dorsum and head typically > scales wide, and 5 light bands on the tail (Figs. 2–6).
Comment	Size: max. 10 mm SVL
Etymology	Murru manu’ (‘u’ pronouced as ‘oo’) is the word for gecko in the language of the Bunuba people of the south-west Kimberley. This new species is probably entirely restricted to the traditional lands of the Bunuba.
References	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 Laver RJ, Doughty P, Oliver PM. 2017. Origins and patterns of endemic diversity in two specialized lizard lineages from the Australian Monsoonal Tropics (Oedura spp.). J Biogeogr. 00: 1–12 - get paper here OLIVER, PAUL M.; REBECCA J. LAVER, JANE MELVILLE, PAUL DOUGHTY 2014. A new species of Velvet Gecko (Oedura: Diplodactylidae) from the limestone ranges of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia. Zootaxa 3873 (1): 049–061 - get paper here Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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