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Pseudothecadactylus lindneri COGGER, 1975

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Giant Cave Gecko 
SynonymPseudothecadactylus lindneri COGGER 1975
Pseudothecadactylus lindneri lindneri — COGGER 1975
Pseudothecadactylus lindbergi — DAREVSKY & ORLOV 1988
Rhacodactylus (Pseudothecadactylus) lindneri — BAUER 1990
Rhacodactylus lindneri — KLUGE 1991
Pseudothecadactylus lindneri — COGGER 1992
Pseudothecadactylus lindneri — KLUGE 1993
Rhacodactylus lindneri — RÖSLER 1995
Pseudothecadactylus lindneri — COGGER 2000: 273
Pseudothecadactylus lindneri — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (Northern Territory: W Arnhem Land)

lindneri: Arnhem Land, Northern Territory; Type locality: Koongarra, Mt Brockman Range, Arnhem Land, NT

cavaticus: Kimberley district, Western Australia.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: AMS (AM) R38734 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Pseudothecadactylus lindneri, together with its congener P. australis, may be distinguished from all other Australian gekkonids by the combination of (1) underside of digits with a continuous and subequal series of enlarged lamellae, divided medially, and (2) a small terminal claw arising from the edge of the digital expansion (except for the inner digit, which is clawless) and which is at least partly retractile in the distal median groove. P. lindneri may be distinguished from P. australis by the reduced development or absence of preanal pores in the males (well-developed and conspicuous in australis); ear-opening large, at least six times as large as the nostril (as large as or slightly larger than the nostril in australis); scales of snout small, 20-25 scales along a median line between the rostral and a line joining the anterior edges of the eyes (large in australis, about 10 scales along a median line between rostral and eyes); rostral undivided, much broader than high (almost completely divided and not much broader than high in australis); males with 2-4 postanal tubercles on each side (a single flat tubercle on each side in australis); colour pattern (figs 2, 4, and 6). Diagnostic differences between the two subspecies of P. lindneri are cited on page 93. (Cogger 1975: 89)


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CommentSubspecies: Pseudothecadactylus lindneri cavaticus has been elevated to species status. 
EtymologyNamed after David A. Lindner, Australian herpetologist. 
References
  • Bauer, A.M. 1990. Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of the Carphodactylini (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Bonner zool. Monogr. 30: 1-220 - get paper here
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Rösler, Herbert 1995. Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Urania, Leipzig, 256 pp.
  • Smith, L.A. 1989. Taxonomic status of the gecko Pseudothecadactylus lindneri cavaticus Cogger. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 14: 425-426
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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