Pseudothecadactylus australis (GÜNTHER, 1877)

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Higher Taxa	Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Cape York Pad-tail Gecko
Synonym	Thecadactylus 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
Distribution	Australia (Queensland: N Cape York Peninsula; Islands of Torres Strait) Type locality: Islands of the Torres Strait.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 77.3.3.12
Diagnosis
Comment	Type 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).
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.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/gekkonidae.pdf http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Pseudothecadactylus/australis Google images

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