Species Heteronotia binoei (Gray, 1845)
Bynoe's Gecko
- Heteronota binoei Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxviii 289 pp. [174].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH xxii.93a, Houtman's Abrolhos, WA. - Eublepharis derbianus Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxviii 289 pp. [274].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1962.199, Port Essington, NT. - Phyllodactylus anomalus Peters, W. 1867. Herpetologische notizen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 13-37 [1868 on title page] [14].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 5718, Rockhampton, QLD. - Hoplodactylus (Pentadactylus) australis Steindachner, F. 1867. Reptilien. pp. 1–98 in, Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorff-Urbair. Zoologie 1(3). Vienna : State Printer. [1869 on title page] [18, pl. 1 figs 2-2c].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (not found), 'New South Wales'. - Diplodactylus annulatus Macleay, W. 1877. The lizards of the Chevert Expedition. Second paper. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 97-104 [1878 on title page] [97].
Type data:
Lectotype AM R29932 (ex MMUS MR762), Palm Is. [QLD].Subsequent designation references:
Kluge, A.G. 1963. The systematic status of certain Australian and New Guinean gekkonid lizards. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 14: 77-86. - Heteronota bynoei Boulenger, G.A. 1897. Reptilia and Batrachia. Geckonidae. Zoological Records 33: 19-20 [19] [unjustified emendation of Heteronota binoei Gray, 1845].
- Heteronotia horneri Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [13].
Type data:
Holotype AM R116975 (previously AMF 16433), 10 km W Tenterfield, NSW.Secondary source:
Kluge, A.G. 1991. Checklist of gekkonoid lizards. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service (85): 1-35. - Heteronotia wadei Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [13].
Type data:
Holotype AM R116974 (previously AMF 28905), Lightning Ridge, NSW.Secondary source:
Kluge, A.G. 1991. Checklist of gekkonoid lizards. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service (85): 1-35.
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. [92]
Generic Combinations
- Heteronotia binoei (Gray, 1845). —
Wermuth, H. 1965. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae. Das Tierreich 80(1–22): 1-246
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, desert, low open shrubland, low open woodland, low shrubland, low woodland, nocturnal, open forest, open heath, open scrub, oviparous, tall forest, tall open shrubland, tall shrubland, tussock grassland.
General References
Bustard, H.R. 1968. The ecology of the Australian gecko Heteronotia binoei, in northern New South Wales. Journal of Zoology, London 156: 483-497
Bustard, H.R. 1970. The population ecology of the Australian gekkonid lizard Heteronotia binoei in an exploited forest. Journal of Zoology, London 162: 31-42
Kluge, A.G. 1963. A review of the gekkonid lizard genus Heteronota Gray, with a description of a new species from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 46: 63-67
Pianka, E.R. 2013. Notes on the ecology and natural histroy of the rarely recorded gekkonid lizard Heteronotia binoi in the Great Victoria Desert of Western Australia. The Western Australian Naturalist 29(2): 120-125
Pianka, E.R. & Pianka, H.D. 1976. Comparative ecology of twelve species of nocturnal lizards (Gekkonidae) in the Western Australian desert. Copeia 1976: 125-142
Warburg, M.R. 1966. Water economy of several Australian geckos, agamids, and water skinks. Copeia 1966: 230-235
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Bynoe's Gecko)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | GEKKONIDAE | 13-Apr-2017 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | 31-Jul-2013 | 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) |