Species Gehyra oceanica (Lesson, 1830)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Gecko oceanicus Lesson, R.P. 1830. Observations générales sur les reptiles recueillis dans le voyage. In, Duperrey, L.I. (ed.). Voyage Autour du Monde, Exécuté par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille, Pendant les Années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie. Paris : Arthus Bertrand Vol. 2(1) 65 pp. [livr. 15, pl. 2 fig.] [Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1901. Notes on the dates of publication of the natural history portions of some French voyages. Part 1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 7: 388–392 (data of livraison); Anon. (Férussac, ed.) 1830. [Review of] Voyage autour du monde. Livraisons 14–17. Bull. Sci. Nat. Géol. 21: 309–311 [3] (identifies livraison in which plate appears); Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1906. Notes on the dates of publication of the natural history portions of some French voyages. 'Voyage autour du Monde .... sur .... la Coquille pendant .... 1822-25 .... Par L.J. Duperrey,' etc. A correction. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 17: 335–336 [42] (data of text)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (no type designated; status and whereabouts of types unknown; ? type data as for Hemidactylus oualensis), Tahiti, Borabora and islands of the Pacific Ocean.

  Secondary source:

   Anon. (Férussac, ed.) 1830. [Review of] Voyage autour du monde. Livraisons 14–17. Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie 21: 309-311; Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1901. Notes on the dates of publication of the natural history portions of some French voyages.—Part I. 'Amérique méridionale'; 'Indes orientales': 'Pôle Sud' ('Astrolabe' and 'Zélée'); 'La Bonite'; 'La Coquille'; and 'L'Uranie et Physicienne'. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 7: 388-392; Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1906. Notes on the dates of publication of the natural history portions of some French voyages.—'Voyage autour du Monde .... sur .... la Coquille pendant .... 1822–25 .... Par L.J. Duperry', &c.—A correction. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 17: 335-336.
• Gehyra pacifica 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 data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (presumed lost), islands of the Pacific Ocean.
• Hemidactylus oualensis Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1836. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 3 iv 517 pp. [350, pl. 28 fig. 7].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP 1776, Kusiae (as Oualan) Is., Caroline Ils; Tahiti; Vanicoro and Tongatapu (as Tonga-Tabou), Tonga; MNHP 6608, Kusiae; MNHP 2293, Tongatapu.
• Gehyra gularis 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. [58] [nom. nud.].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [89]

 

Generic Combinations

• Gehyra oceanica (Lesson, 1830). —
  Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [88]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait Islands.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, mangrove, nocturnal, oviparous.

 

General References

Chrapliwy, P.S., Smith, H.M. & Grant, C. 1961. Systematic status of the geckonid lizard genera Gehyra, Peropus, Hoplodactyluss and Naultinus. Herpetologica 17: 5-12

Schwaner, T.D. 1980. Reproductive biology of lizards on the American Samoan islands. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Kansas 86: 1-53

 

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Oceanic Gecko)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	GEKKONIDAE	13-Oct-2020	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		24-Jul-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)