Species Gehyra koira Horner, 2005

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• Gehyra koira koira Horner, P. 2005. Gehyra koira sp. nov. (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), a new species of lizard with two allopatric subspecies from the Ord-Victoria region of north-western Australia and a key to the Gehyra australis species complex. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 21: 165-174 [168].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM R.22406 ♀, Nganlang Art Site, Keep River National Park, NT [15°48'26"S 129°06'23"E].
  Paratype(s) WAM R108446 (formerly NTM R10520, donated by P. Horner to WAM), Keep River National Park, NT [15°51'S 129°02'E]; NTM R.7043 (3 specimens from WA), Kununurra, WA [15°47'S 12.44'E]; WAM R108447 (formerly NTM R22462, donated to WAM by P. Horner), Limestone Gorge, Gregory NP, NT; WAM R108448 (formerly NTM R24253, donated to WAM by P. Horner), Fitzmaurice River, Bradshaw Stn, NT; WAM R101237 (Listed as paratype of but re-identified as G. koira by Oliver et al. (2020)), Picaninny Massif, Purnululu (Bungle Bungle) NP; WAM R104283 (Listed as paratype of but re-identified as G. koira by Oliver et al. (2020)), Osmand Valley Station, WA; WAM R104289 (Listed as paratype of but re-identified as G. koira by Oliver et al. (2020)), Wulwuldji Spring, Purnululu (Bungle Bungle) NP.

 

Introduction

Initially described as one of two subspecies of D. koira, raised to specific level by Oliver et al. (2020)

CAVS: 5127

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Burt Range, WA, and Gardner, Pinkerton, Newcastle, Stokes, Yambaran and Bynoe Ranges, NT.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Saxicoline.

Extra Ecological Information

Found on weathered quartz sandstone ranges and outliers; displays a preference for larger massifs and is often found in caves and on rock faces.

 

General References

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 [37]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	GEKKONIDAE	12-Oct-2020	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	GEKKONIDAE	19-Oct-2016	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		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)