Strophurus rankini (STORR, 1979)

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Higher Taxa	Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Exmouth Spiny-tailed Gecko
Synonym	Diplodactylus rankini STORR 1979: 134 Strophurus rankini — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984 Strophurus rankini — GREER 1989 Diplodactylus rankini — COGGER 2000: 225 Strophurus rankini — RÖSLER 2000: 115 Strophurus rankini — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (coastal CW Western Australia; Bernier Island) Type locality: mouth of Yardie Creek, W. A., in 22° 20’ S, 113° 48’ E.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R61474
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A member of the D. strophurus group (Kluge, 1967: 1031) generally intermediate between D. spinigerus and D. strophurus. Distinguishable from spinigerus by absence of spines and of black vertebral stripe, and from strophurus by restriction of dorsal tubercles to a dorsolateral series (rather than scattered over entire width of back) and absence of narrow, partly concealed bands of yellowish skin on tail. (Storr 1979) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1416 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Group: Diplodactylus strophurus group (subgenus Strophurus). Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species.
Etymology	Named after Australian herpetologist Peter Rankin who died in January 1979 while he tried to catch geckos.
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 1979. Five new lizards from Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 8 (1): 134-142 - get paper here Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - 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.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/gekkonidae.pdf http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Strophurus/rankini Google images

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