Species Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875)
Tessellated Gecko
- Stenodactylopsis tessellatus Günther, A. 1875. Reptiles. A list of saurians of Australia and New Zealand. In, Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror. Vol. 2. London : E.W. Janson. [16].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 70.6.26.60, Australia, restriction to Brewarrina, NSW proposed by Kluge (1967).Type locality references:
Kluge, A.G. 1967. Systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray (Gekkonidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 1007-1108. - Diplodactylus pachyurus Werner, F. 1909. Über neue oder seltene Reptilien des Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique in Brussell. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 28: 263-288 [267].
Type data:
Holotype RIB Typ. cat. 2021 (Gen. cat. 4515), Australia.
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. [85]
Generic Combinations
- Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)
Ecological Descriptors
Desert, hummock grassland, low open woodland, low shrubland, low woodland, nocturnal, oviparous, tall shrubland.
General References
Kluge, A.G. 1967. Systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray (Gekkonidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 1007-1108 (taxonomy)
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Tessellated Gecko)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 24-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 16-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 16-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 07-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |