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Strophurus mcmillani (STORR, 1978)

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Short-tailed Striped Gecko 
SynonymDiplodactylus mcmillani STORR 1978: 341
Strophurus mcmillani — GREER 1989
Oedurella mcmillani — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1989
Strophurus mcmillani — GREER 1989
Strophurus mcmillani — KLUGE 1993
Diplodactylus mcmillani — COGGER 2000: 221
Strophurus mcmillani — RÖSLER 2000: 115
Strophurus mcmillani — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Strophurus mcmillani — LAVER et al. 2017 
DistributionAustralia (Western Australia, extreme NW Northern Territory)

Type locality: Mitchell Plateau, 14° 57’ S, 126° 00’ E, W. A.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: WAM R43230 (1978 Diplodactylus mcmillani Storr) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A large, short-tailed, moderately stout Diplodactylus of the michaelseni group with prenasal as large or nearly as large as first upper labial and broadly excluding rostral from no tril. Further distinguishable from D. taeniatus and D. michaelseni by more numerous nasals (6-8, usually 7; vs 3-6, mostly 4 or 5) and in lacking a pale streak along canthus rostralis. (Storr 1978) 
CommentGroup: Diplodactylus michaelseni group (subgenus Strophurus). 
EtymologyNamed after Australian naturalist Robert Peter McMillan. 
References
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Greer, A.E. 1989. The biology and evolution of Australian lizards. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW 264 pp.
  • Laube, A. & Langner, C. 2007. Die Gattung Strophurus. Draco 8 (29): 49-66 - get paper here
  • Laver, R.J., Nielsen, S.V., Rosauer, D.F., Oliver, P.M. 2017. Trans-biome diversity in Australian grass-specialist lizards (Diplodactylidae: Strophurus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Storr, G. M. 1978. Seven new gekkonid lizards from Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 6: 337-352 - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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