Strophurus wilsoni (STORR, 1983)
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Higher Taxa | Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Mount Augustus Spiny-tailed Gecko |
Synonym | Diplodactylus wilsoni STORR 1983 Strophurus wilsoni — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984 Strophurus wilsoni — GREER 1989 Strophurus wilsoni — KLUGE 1993 Diplodactylus wilsoni — COGGER 2000: 234 Strophurus wilsoni — RÖSLER 2000: 115 Strophurus wilsoni — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
Distribution | Australia (W Western Australia)
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: WAM R78932 |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Group: Diplodactylus strophurus group (subgenus Strophurus). |
Etymology | Named after Brisbane herpetologist Stephen Karl Wilson. |
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
- Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
- Storr G M 1983. Two new lizards from Western Australia (genera Diplodactylus and Lerista). Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 11 (1): 59-62 - 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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