Species Gehyra nana Storr, 1978
Northern Spotted Rock Dtella
- Gehyra nana Storr, G.M. 1978. Seven new gekkonid lizards from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6: 337-352 [347, pl. 5].
Type data:
Holotype WAM R28214, King Edward River, WA ['presumably 14°52'S 126°12'E']
Comment: Out of 94 Paratypes, 33 have been identified as other Gehyra species (Ellis et al. 2018).
Introduction
Species complex revised by Doughty et al. (2018), who described four new species.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Reported from Mulligan River, Toko Range, Queensland, by Vanderduys et al. (2011)
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Nocturnal, oviparous.
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 [209] (redescription)
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) [74]
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Northern Spotted Rock Dtella)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2024 | GEKKONIDAE | 08-May-2018 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | Gehyra Gray, 1834 | 13-Apr-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 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |