Species Nactus pelagicus (Girard, 1858)
Pelagic Gecko
- Heteronota pelagica Girard, C. 1857. Descriptions of some new reptiles, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Fourth Part. Including the species of saurians exotic to North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 9(1857): 195-199 [1858 on title page] [197].
Type data:
Syntype(s) USNM 5626 2 specimens, Samoa (as Navigator Ils) and Fiji. - Heteronota fasciata 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] [100].
Type data:
Holotype AM R31934, Hall Sound, Papua New Guinea. - Gymnodactylus heteronotus Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). 1. London : British Museum xii 436 pp. 32 pls. [41] [nom. nov. for Heteronota fasciata Macleay, 1877].
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. [80]
Generic Combinations
- Nactus pelagicus (Girard, 1858). —
Kluge, A.G. 1983. Cladistic relationships among gekkonid lizards. Copeia 1983(2): 465-475
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Also in New Guinea
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, cryptozoic, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous, supralittoral.
General References
Brown, W.C. & Parker, F. 1973. A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Gekkonidae) from New Guinea with a key to species from the island. Breviora. Museum of Comparative Zoology 417: 1-7 (taxonomy)
Ingram, G.J. 1978. A new species of gecko, genus Cyrtodactylus, from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. Victorian Naturalist 95: 142-146 (taxonomy)
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 (biology)
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Pelagic Gecko)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2024 | GEKKOTA | 23-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | 13-Oct-2015 | 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) |