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Species Gehyra australis Gray, 1845

Northern Dtella

Distribution

States

Northern Territory


Extra Distribution Information

Distribution re-circumscribed following description of cryptic species within the G. australis complex by Oliver et al. (2020). Known only from north-western NT, from Port Essington west through Darwin then along the western seaboard as far south as Gregory NP, and east to at Eva Valley on the southern edge of the Arnhem Plateau. Records from outside this range most likely represent other species described in Oliver et al. (2020), or currently undescribed species.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, low open shrubland, low open woodland, low woodland, nocturnal, open forest, open scrub, oviparous, tall forest, tall open shrubland, tall shrubland, under bark.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024 GEKKONIDAE 12-Oct-2020 MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024 GEKKOTA 20-Sep-2018 MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024 GEKKONIDAE 15-Mar-2017 MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024 30-Mar-2012 MODIFIED
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)