Species Diplodactylus pulcher (Steindachner, 1870)
Fine-faced Gecko
- Stenodactylopsis pulcher Steindachner, F. 1870. Herpetologische Notizen (II). Reptilien gesammelt Während einer Reise in Sengambien. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 62: 326-349 [343, pl. 2 figs 3-5].
Type data:
Lectotype NHMW 17572:3, Swan River, WA.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. - Diplodactylus bilineatus Lucas, A.H.S. & Frost, C. 1903. Description of two new Australian lizards, Varanus spenceri and Diplodactylus bilineatus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 15: 145-147 [146] [junior homonym of Diplodactylus bilineatus Gray, 1845].
Type data:
Holotype NMV D7570, Minilya Station, 80 mi[les] inland from Carnarvon (as Caernarvon), WA. - Diplodactylus pulcher dorsotaeniata Pellegrin, J. 1909. Sur une collection de lézards de l'Australie Occidentale. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 34: 241-245 [242].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 09–190, Birrigrin, WA. - Diplodactylus pulcher dorsalis Werner, F. 1910. Reptilia (Geckonidae und Scincidae). pp. 451-493 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 2. [462].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (not found), Eradu, WA. - Diplodactylus lucasi Fry, D.B. 1914. On a collection of reptiles and batrachians from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery 1: 174-210 [177] [nom. nov. for Diplodactylus bilineatus Lucas & Frost, 1903].
Type data:
Syntype(s).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [83]
Generic Combinations
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Desert, hummock grassland, low open shrubland, nocturnal, open heath, oviparous, tall shrubland.
Extra Ecological Information
Lives on the ground
General References
Glauert, L. 1961. A Handbook of the Lizards of Western Australia. Perth : West. Aust. Naturalists' Club Handbook No. 6 100 pp. (natural history)
Kluge, A.G. 1967. Systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray (Gekkonidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 1007-1108 (taxonomy)
Pianka, E.R. & Pianka, H.D. 1976. Comparative ecology of twelve species of nocturnal lizards (Gekkonidae) in the Western Australian desert. Copeia 1976: 125-142 (ecology)
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Fine-faced Gecko)
History of changes
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| 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) |