Genus Gehyra Gray, 1834

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• Gehyra Gray, J.E. 1834. [Specimens were exhibited of several reptiles, which were accompanied by notes by Mr Gray. A new genus of Geckotidae]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 99-101 [100].

  Type species:

   Gehyra pacifica Gray, 1834 by monotypy.
• Peropus Wiegmann, A.F.A. 1835. Amphibien. pp. 185-238 in Meyen, F.J.F. Beiträge zur Zoologie, Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 17: 185-268 [238].

  Type species:

   Hemidactylus (Peropus) mutilatus Wiegmann, 1835 by monotypy.
• Peroplus Gray, J.E. 1842. Description of some new species of reptiles, chiefly from the British Museum collection. pp. 57-59 in Gray, J.E. (ed.). The Zoological Miscellany. London : Treuttel, Würz & Co. [57-59] [errore pro Peropus Wiegmann, 1835].
• Phyria Gray, J.E. 1842. Description of some hitherto unrecorded species of Australian reptiles and batrachians. pp. 51-57 in Gray, J.E. (ed.). The Zoological Miscellany. London : Treuttel, Würz & Co. [53].

  Type species:

   Phyria punctulata Gray, 1842 by monotypy.
• Perodactylus Fitzinger, L.J. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Vienna : Braümüller et Seidel i-vi, 106 pp. [103].

  Type species:

   Hemidactylus oualensis Duméril & Bibron, 1836 by original designation.
• Dactyloperus Fitzinger, L.J. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Vienna : Braümüller et Seidel i-vi, 106 pp. [103].

  Type species:

   Hemidactylus variegatus Duméril & Bibron, 1836 by original designation.
• Peripia Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxviii 289 pp. [158].

  Type species:

   Hemidactylus peronii Duméril & Bibron, 1836 by subsequent designation, see Smith, M.A. 1935. The Fauna of British India; including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II. Sauria. London : Taylor & Francis xiv 440 pp. (= Gehyra mutilata (Wiegmann, 1835)).
• Chalinocnemis Dugès, A. 1883. Spasmocnemis, Chalinocnemis. La Naturaleza, Mexico 6: 309-312 [312].

  Type species:

   Hemidactylus navarri Dugès, 1883 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Smith, H.M. & Necker, W.L. 1943. Alfredo Dugès' types of Mexican reptiles and amphibians. Anales de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, Mexico 3: 179-219.
• Spasmocnemis Dugès, A. 1883. Spasmocnemis, Chalinocnemis. La Naturaleza, Mexico 6: 309-312 [312].

  Type species:

   Hemidactylus navarri Dugès, 1883 by original designation (= Gehyra mutilata (Wiegmann, 1835)).

  Secondary source:

   Smith, H.M. & Necker, W.L. 1943. Alfredo Dugès' types of Mexican reptiles and amphibians. Anales de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, Mexico 3: 179-219.
• Pepopus Okada, Y. 1936. Studies on the lizards of Japan. Contribution I. Gekkonidae. Science Reports of the Tokyo Kyoiku Daigaku. Section B b 2: 233-289 [280] [errore pro Peropus Wiegmann, 1835].
• Gehyla Okada, Y. 1938. A Catalogue of Vertebrates of Japan. pp. 97–113 in, Reptilia and Amphibia. Tokyo. [105] [errore pro Gehyra Gray, 1834].
• Phyriadoria Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [14].

  Type species:

   Gehyra australis Gray, 1845 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wermuth, H. 1965. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae. Das Tierreich 80(1–22): 1-246
• 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. [87]

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

GEKKONIDAE: Gehyra oceanica Lesson, 1830 [Erroneously recorded from Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island, possibly recorded from islands in the Torres Strait but not considered established in Australia] — Cogger, H.G. 1992. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 5, 775 pp. [with revised Appendix] [240]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Asia, Indo-malayan Archipelago, Pacfic islands, Neotropical Region (introduced to Mexico).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN) ; NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Gulf Plains (GUP) ; NSW, SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gawler (GAW), Riverina (RIV) ; NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; NT, WA: Dampierland (DL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Sturt Plateau (STU) ; Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC) ; SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Nullarbor (NUL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Doughty, P., Bourke, G., Tedeschi, L.G., Pratt, R.C., Oliver, P.M., Palmer, R.A. & Moritz, C. 2018. Species delimitation in the Gehyra nana (Squamata: Gekkonidae) complex: cryptic and divergent morphological evolution in the Australian Monsoonal Tropics, with the description of four new species. Zootaxa 4403(2): 201–244

Hutchinson, M.N., Sistrom, J.S., Donnellan, S.C. & Hutchinson, R.G. 2014. Taxonomic revision of the Australian arid zone lizards Gehyra variegata and G. montium (Squamata, Gekkonidae) with description of three new species. Zootaxa 3814(2): 221–241 [222]

Oliver, P.M., Prasetya, A.M., Tedeschi, L.G., Fenker, J., Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P. & Moritz, C. 2020. Crypsis and convergence: integrative taxonomic revision of the Gehyra australis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Australia. PeerJ PeerJ 8:e7971: 1-56

Sistrom, M.J., Hutchinson, M.N., Hutchinson, R.G. & Donnelan, S.C. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of Australian Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and taxonomic revision of Gehyra variegata in south-eastern Australia. Zootaxa 2277: 14-32

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	SQUAMATA	07-Feb-2024	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	GEKKOTA	06-Dec-2023	MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017	Gehyra Gray, 1834	25-Aug-2017	MODIFIED
20-Aug-2013	Gehyra Gray, 1834	20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Alice Wells
07-Feb-2024		22-Feb-2013	MODIFIED
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)