Species Diplodactylus savagei Kluge, 1963
Southern Pilbara Beak-faced Gecko, Yellow-spotted Pilbara Gecko
- Diplodactylus savagei Kluge, A.G. 1963. Three new species of the gekkonid lizard Diplodactylus Gray from Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 14: 545-553 [550, pl. 35].
Type data:
Holotype WAM R14369, Marble Bar, Pilbara Division, WA.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Pilbara (PIL)
Ecological Descriptors
Hummock grassland, low open shrubland, nocturnal, oviparous, saxicoline.
General References
Doughty, P., Pepper, M. & Keogh, J.S. 2010. Morphological and molecular assessment of the Diplodactylus savagei species complex in the Pilbara region, Western Australia, with a description of a new species. Zootaxa 2393: 33-45 [38] (description)
Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P. & Bauer, A.M. 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(51–94) [65]
Kluge, A.G. 1967. Systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray (Gekkonidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 1007-1108 (taxonomy)
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Yellow-spotted Pilbara 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 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |