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Strophurus elderi (STIRLING & ZIETZ, 1893)

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Jewelled Gecko 
SynonymDiplodactylus elderi STIRLING & ZIETZ 1893: 161
Diplodactylus elderi — LOVERIDGE 1934: 304
Diplodactylus elderi — WERMUTH 1965: 24
Diplodactylus elderi — PIANKA 1969
Diplodactylus elderi — PIANKA 1976
Strophurus elderi — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984
Eremiastrophurus elderi — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985
Eremiastrophurus mahoodi WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 12
Strophurus elderi — GREER 1989
Strophurus elderi — KLUGE 1993
Strophurus elderi — RÖSLER 1995: 84
Diplodactylus elderi — COGGER 2000: 217
Strophurus elderi — RÖSLER 2000: 115
Diplodactylus elderi — PIANKA & VITT 2003: 178
Strophurus elderi — COGGER 2014: 335
Strophurus elderi — RÖSLER 2018: 66 
DistributionAustralia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland,
South Australia, Western Australia)

Type locality: Barrow Range, Western Australia.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: SAMA R2027 
Diagnosis 
CommentGroup: Diplodactylus elderi group (subgenus Strophurus)

Type species: Diplodactylus elderi STIRLING & ZIETZ 1893 is the type species of the genus Eremiastrophurus WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985 (initially spelled Eremiastrophrurus, then Eremiastrophurus). 
EtymologyNamed after Sir Thomas Elder (1818-1897), a Scottish-born businessman and philanthropist. He arrived in Adelaide in 1854 and formed a business financing copper mines (1859) and sheep farming, among others. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Bustard, H.R. 1965. Observations on Australian geckos Herpetologica 21 (4): 294-302. - 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.
  • Dittmer, D. E., Chapman, T. L. & Bidwell, J. R. 2020. In the shadow of an iconic inselberg: Uluru’s shadow influences climates and reptile assemblage structure at its base. J. Arid Environ. 181, 104179 (2020) - get paper here
  • Glauert, L. 1956. Geckonidae (Part II). Western Australian Naturalist 5 (3): 49-56 - get paper here
  • Greer, A.E. 1989. The biology and evolution of Australian lizards. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW 264 pp.
  • Laube, A. 1997. Bemerkungen zur erstmaligen Nachzucht und zum Abwehrverhalten der Juwelengeckos Diplodactylus (Strophurus) elderi. Sauria 19 (4): 41-44 - get paper here
  • Laube, A. & Langner, C. 2007. Die Gattung Strophurus. Draco 8 (29): 49-66 - get paper here
  • Pianka, E. R. 1969. Habitat specificity, speciation, and species density in Australian desert lizards. Ecology 50 (3): 498-502 - get paper here
  • Pianka, E. R.; Pianka, H. D. 1976. Comparative ecology of twelve species of nocturnal lizards (Gekkonidae) in the western Australian desert. Copeia 1976 (1): 125-142 - get paper here
  • Pianka, E.R. & Vitt, L.J. 2003. Lizards - Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. University of California Press, Berkeley, 347 pp. [review in Copeia 2004: 955] - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Rösler, H. 2018. Haftbar -- Die einzigartige Welt der Geckos. Begleitheft zur Ausstellung im Naturkundemuseum Erfurt Mai-Aug 2018, 96 pp.
  • Rösler, Herbert 1995. Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Urania, Leipzig, 256 pp.
  • Shea, Glenn M.;Wells, R. 1984. New records of a skink and a gecko from western New South Wales. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 15 (1-2): 1-4
  • Stirling, E. C., and A. Zietz. 1893. Scientific results of the Elder Exploring Expedition. Vertebrata. Mammalia, Reptilia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 16:154-176. - get paper here
  • Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp.
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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