Many things come in small packages: Revision of the clawless geckos (Crenadactylus: Diplodactylidae) of Australia
Author
Doughty, Paul
Author
Ellis, Ryan J.
Author
Oliver, Paul M.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4168
2
239
278
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4168.2.2
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Crenadactylus
Dixon & Kluge, 1964
Type species.
Diplodactylus ocellatus
(=
Crenadactylus ocellatus
)
Gray, 1845
by original designation.
Diagnosis.
Based on
Dixon & Kluge (1964)
. Species within the genus
Crenadactylus
are small (max SVL
35 mm
) geckos differing from all other gekkonids by a combination of the following external morphological characteristics; digits with enlarged subdigital lamellae, terminal phalangeal elements forked and claws absent from all digits; outer margins of anterior portion of frontal notched to receive posterior projection of paired nasals. Internal morphological diagnostics include palatines short and broad, atlas fused dorsally; stapes imperforate (stapedial foramen absent); two pairs of sternal ribs, one or two pairs of mesosternal ribs; 28 sacral and presacral vertebrate; sacral diapophyses overlapping and fused (not fused in juveniles); in adults anterior tip of mesoscapula fused to precoracoid process at its union with precoracoid; interclavicle dagger-shaped; fingers 5; toes 5; phalangeal formula of manus 2-3-4-5-3, pes 2-3-4-5-4; 24–26 scleral ossicles; 13 or 15 premaxillary teeth; 29–31 maxillary teeth; 33–37 mandibular teeth; cloacal bones present in males (
Dixon & Kluge 1964
).
Etymology.
A combination of the Latin word
crena
meaning ‘notch’ and Greek word
daktylos
meaning ‘finger’ in reference to the forked terminal phalanges.
Content.
Crenadactylus horni
(
Lucas & Frost, 1895
)
,
Crenadactylus naso
Storr, 1978
,
Crenadactylus occidentalis
sp. nov.
,
Crenadactylus ocellatus
(
Gray, 1845
)
,
Crenadactylus pilbarensis
sp. nov.
,
Crenadactylus rostralis
Storr, 1978
,
Crenadactylus tuberculatus
sp. nov.