Species Christinus marmoratus (Gray, 1845)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Diplodactylus marmoratus Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxviii 289 pp. [149].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH xxi.9.a–d, Australia and Houtman's Abrolhos (?).
• Phyllodactylus peronii Fitzinger, L.J. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Vienna : Braümüller et Seidel i-vi, 106 pp. [95] [nomen oblitum; Fitzinger based his name on Australian specimens assigned to the extralimital species Phyllodactylus porphyreus ecimens Daudin, 1802 by Duméril & Bibron (1836), but these specimens (probably including 6735, two specimens from Kangaroo Is., SA collected by Péron and Lesueur) have not previously been identified as types (see Roux-Estève 1979)].

  Secondary source:

   Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1836. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 3 iv 517 pp.; Roux-Estève, R. 1979. Liste des Amphibiens et Reptiles des collections du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, récoltés par Lesueur (1778–1846). Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société Géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre 66: 25-29.
• Goniodactylus australis Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxviii 289 pp. [172].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH xxii.86a, Australia.
• Phyllodactylus macrodactylus Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). 1. London : British Museum xii 436 pp. 32 pls. [89, pl. 7 fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 70.6.26.60, unknown, but assumed to be Australia.
• Phyllodactylus affinis Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). 1. London : British Museum xii 436 pp. 32 pls. [89, pl. 7 fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 55.8.16.15, Aneiteum, Vanuatu (presumed to be in error, see Cogger (1971)).

  Type locality references:

  Cogger, H.G. 1971. The reptiles of Lord Howe Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96: 23-38.
• Christinis biggsae 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] [10].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R116977(previously AMF 16778), Boomanoomana State Forest, Mulwala (near Albury), NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1-91.

 

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. [98]

 

Generic Combinations

• Christinus marmoratus (Gray, 1845). —
  Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1984. A synopsis of the class Reptilia in Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology 1(3-4): 73-129 [1983 on title page]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, low open woodland, nocturnal, open forest, open heath, open scrub, oviparous, saxicoline, terrestrial, woodland.

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	GEKKONIDAE	13-Apr-2017	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
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