Strophurus jeanae (STORR, 1988)

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Higher Taxa	Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Southern Phasmid Gecko
Synonym	Diplodactylus jeanae STORR 1988 Diplodactylus taeniata — STORR & FORD 1967 Diplodactylus taeniatus — COGGER (partim) 1975 Oedurella taeniata — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985 (partim) Oedurella jeanae — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1989 Strophurus jeanae — GREER 1989 Strophurus jeanae — KLUGE 1991 Strophurus jeanae — KLUGE 1993 Diplodactylus jeanae — COGGER 2000: 220 Strophurus jeanae — RÖSLER 2000: 115 Strophurus jeanae — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (arid zone of N Northern Territory and N Western Australia) Type locality: Port Hedland, Western Australia, in 20° 19'S, 118°36' E.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R81843 (1988 Diplodactylus jeanae Storr)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A very small and extremely slender Diplodactylus (subgenus Strophurus), most like D. taeniatus but with rostral entering nostril and very wide ventral stripe (at widest occupying half width of abdomen).
Comment	Group: Diplodactylus michaelseni group (subgenus Strophurus).
Etymology	Named after Miss Jean White, a member the Western Australian Museum's Department of Ornithology and Herpetology.
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. 1988. A new species of Diplodactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from northern Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 14: 183-187. - get paper here 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.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Strophurus/jeanae Google images

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