Pseudothecadactylus
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Pseudothecadactylus is a genus of geckos found in various states of Australia.[1]
Species
Three species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Pseudothecadactylus australis (Günther, 1877)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Cape York pad-tail gecko
- Pseudothecadactylus cavaticus Cogger, 1975Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Pseudothecadactylus lindneri Cogger, 1975Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – giant cave gecko[1]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudothecadactylus.
The specific name, lindneri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist David A. Lindner.[3]
References
Further reading
- Brongersma L (1936). "Herpetological Note XIII". Zoologische Mededelingen 19: 136. (Pseudothecadactylus, new genus).
- Cogger HG (1975). "New lizards of the genus Pseudothecadactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from Arnhem Land and northwestern Australia". Rec. Australian Mus. 30: 87–97.
- Cogger HG (1992). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Fifth Edition. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.
- Rösler, Herbert (1995). Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Leipzig: Urania. 256 pp. (in German).
- Smith LA (1989). "Taxonomic status of the gecko Pseudothecadactylus lindneri cavaticus Cogger". Rec. W. Australian Mus. 14: 425–426.
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- ↑ a b JCVI.org
- ↑ Genus Pseudothecadactylus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Pseudothecadactylus lindneri, p. 158).