Species Gehyra pseudopunctata Doughty, Bourke, Tedeschi, Oliver & Moritz, 2018
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Species Gehyra pseudopunctata Doughty, Bourke, Tedeschi, Oliver & Moritz, 2018
- Gehyra pseudopunctata 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 [217].
Type data:
Holotype WAM R164776 ♂ adult, Mt Nyulasy, Western Australia [16.74527°S; 128.28250°E].
Paratype(s) WAM 9 specimens (1 ♀ in NMV), various localities in the Kimberley region of N WA.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
'recorded across the King Leopold and Durack Ranges of the southern Kimberley, a straight line distance of 350 km from west to east'
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Northern Kimberley (NK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Ecological Descriptors
Boulders, rocks.
Extra Ecological Information
'around large boulders, rock walls, platforms and associated crevices among large sandstone or granite rock formations'
General References
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) [76]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2024 | GEKKOTA | 28-Sep-2018 | MODIFIED | |
| GEKKONIDAE | 24-Apr-2018 | ADDED |