Species Strophurus intermedius (Ogilby, 1892)
Eastern Spiny-tailed Gecko, Southern Spiny-tailed Gecko
- Diplodactylus intermedius Ogilby, J.D. 1892. Descriptions of three new Australian lizards. Records of the Australian Museum 2: 6-11 [10].
Type data:
Lectotype AM R285, interior of NSW.Subsequent designation references:
Kluge, A.G. 1967. Systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray (Gekkonidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 1007-1108.Type locality references:
Kluge, A.G. 1967. Systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray (Gekkonidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 1007-1108.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Hampton (HAM), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nullarbor (NUL), Stony Plains (STP)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, desert, low open shrubland, low shrubland, nocturnal, open scrub, oviparous, tall shrubland, tussock grassland.
Extra Ecological Information
In clumps of spinifex.
General References
Brazenor, C.W. 1951. On the Victorian species of tuberculate, Diplodactylus. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 17: 215-222
Ehmann, H. 1980. Diurnal perching by the southern spiny-tailed gecko, Diplodactylus intermedius. Herpetofauna 12: 37
Kluge, A.G. 1967. Systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray (Gekkonidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 1007-1108 (taxonomy)
Warburg, M.R. 1966. Water economy of several Australian geckos, agamids, and water skinks. Copeia 1966: 230-235 (as D. strophurus intermedius)
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Eastern Spiny-tailed Gecko)
Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [21] (Southern Spiny-tailed Gecko)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 16-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 16-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 07-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |