• Pseudothecadactylus Brongersma, L.D. 1936. Herpetological note. XIII. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 19: 136 [136] [nom. nov. pro Torresia Brongersma, 1934].
• Torresia Brongersma, L.D. 1934. Contributions to Indo-Australian herpetology. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 17: 161-251 [176] [non Torresia Castelnau, 1875].

  Type species:

   Thecadactylus australis Günther, 1877 by original designation.

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. [99]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Plateau (ARP) ; Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP) ; WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)

History of changes

• Thecadactylus australis Günther, A. 1877. Descriptions of three new species of lizards from islands of Torres Strait. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 19: 413-415 [414].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 77.3.3.12, Islands of Torres Strait, QLD.

Generic Combinations

• Pseudothecadactylus australis (Günther, 1877). —
  Brongersma, L.D. 1936. Herpetological note. XIII. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 19: 136

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous.

General References

Cogger, H.G. 1975. New lizards of the genus Pseudothecadactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from Arnhem Land and northwestern Australia. Australian Museum Records 30: 87-97 (taxonomy)

Common Name References

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

History of changes

• Pseudothecadactylus lindneri cavaticus Cogger, H.G. 1975. New lizards of the genus Pseudothecadactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from Arnhem Land and northwestern Australia. Australian Museum Records 30: 87-97 [93, figs 5-6].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM R43176, near Mitchell River Falls, approx. 25 km SW of Crystal Head, Port Warrender, WA [approx. 14°40'S 125°42'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)

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) [70]

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Western Giant Cave Gecko)

History of changes

• Pseudothecadactylus lindneri lindneri Cogger, H.G. 1975. New lizards of the genus Pseudothecadactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from Arnhem Land and northwestern Australia. Australian Museum Records 30: 87-97 [89, figs 1-5].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R38734, Deaf Adder Gorge, Arnhem Land, NT.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Plateau (ARP)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, cave dweller, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous, tall open shrubland.

Common Name References

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

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [21] (Northern Giant Cave Gecko)

History of changes