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Pseudothecadactylus australis (GÜNTHER, 1877)

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cape York Pad-tail Gecko 
SynonymThecadactylus australis GÜNTHER 1877: 414
Thecadactylus australis — BOULENGER 1885: 112
Torresia australis — BRONGERSMA 1934
Thecadactylus australis — LOVERIDGE 1934: 311
Pseudothecadactylus australis — BRONGERSMA 1936
Pseudothecadactylus australis — WERMUTH 1965: 153
Pseudothecadactylus australis — COGGER 1975
Rhacodactylus (Pseudothecadactylus) australis — BAUER 1990
Rhacodactylus australis — KLUGE 1991
Pseudothecadactylus australis — COGGER 1992
Pseudothecadactylus australis — KLUGE 1993
Rhacodactylus australis — RÖSLER 1995
Pseudothecadactylus australis — COGGER 2000: 271
Pseudothecadactylus australis — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (Queensland: N Cape York Peninsula; Islands of Torres Strait)

Type locality: Islands of the Torres Strait.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 77.3.3.12 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (Torresia = Pseudothecadactylus): “Digits strongly dilated, inferiorly with two series of transverse lamellae; inner digit clawless, other digits with a sessile, non retractile claw. Claw-sheath bordered distally by one large transverse scale (fig. 6); it opens at the extremity of the digital expansion, in front of the terminal lamellae (fig. 5). Fingers with a rudiment of a web; a web is also present between
the inner four toes, absent between the fourth and fifth toe. Back covered with rather large flat juxtaposed scales. Snout and forehead with rather large rough vermiculated tubercles, confluent with the cranial ossification. Male with a subtriangular patch of preanal pores, no femoral pores. Post-anal slits and ossicles present. Post-anal swelling covered with large hexagonal scales. Pupil vertical.” (Brongersma 1934: 176)


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CommentType species: Thecadactylus australis GÜNTHER 1877: 414 is the type species of the genus Pseudothecadactylus BRONGERSMA 1936: 136 (a nomen novum pro Torresia BRONGERSMA 1934 non Torresia LAPORTE-CASTELNAU 1876, a genus of fish). 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Latin australis (southern). In its original placement in the genus Thecadactylus, this was the most southern species. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
References
  • Bauer, A.M. 1990. Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of the Carphodactylini (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Bonner zool. Monogr. 30: 1-220 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here
  • Brongersma, L. D. 1936. Herpetological note XIII. Zoologische Mededelingen 19: 136 - get paper here
  • Brongersma,L.D. 1934. Contributions to Indo-Australian herpetology. Zoologische Mededelingen 17: 161-251 - 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.
  • Cogger,H.G. 1975. New lizards of the genus Pseudothecadactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from Arnhem Land and northwestern Australia. Rec. Austral. Mus. 30: 87-97 - get paper here
  • Cogger,H.G. 1992. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 4th ed. Cornell University Press, Ithaca
  • Günther, A. 1877. Descriptions of three new species of lizards from Islands of Torres Straits. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 19: 413—415 - get paper here
  • Hagey TJ, Harte S, Vickers M, Harmon LJ, Schwarzkopf L 2017. There’s more than one way to climb a tree: Limb length and microhabitat use in lizards with toe pads. PLoS One 12 (9): e0184641 - get paper here
  • Loveridge, A. 1934. Australian reptiles in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 77: 243-383 - get paper here
  • Riedel, J., Nordberg, E. and Schwarzkopf, L. 2020. Ecological niche and microhabitat use of Australian geckos. Israel J Ecol Evol 66 (3-4): 209-222 - get paper here
  • 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.
 
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