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South-western clawless geckos
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A, 5, 6, 7
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Synonymy:
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<emphasis id="B977D7691809AA6FFEDEFB7BFDC766D7" box="[274,522,1182,1204]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="247">Diplodactylus bilineatus</emphasis>
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(fide
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) [South-west of
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Oliver
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.6.68 from
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. Specimen obtained from the
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collection from WA, collection date not specified.
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<emphasis id="B977D7691809AA6FFF0BFAA2FE866703" bold="true" box="[199,331,1351,1376]" pageId="8" pageNumber="247">Synonomy.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B977D7691809AA6FFE94FAA2FDBC6703" box="[344,625,1351,1376]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="247">Diplodactylus bilineatus</emphasis>
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(2),
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,
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1947.3
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.6.69 (
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,
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. Collected by Mr. Gilbert, collection date not specified.
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<emphasis id="B977D7691809AA6FFF0BFA6AFE8C67CB" bold="true" box="[199,321,1423,1448]" pageId="8" pageNumber="247">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
A moderately large (to
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SVL) species of
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with wide head (HW/HL 0.52 0.70) and short trunk length (ILL/SVL 0.370.50). Rostral in full contact with nostril, internasal (if present) not extending beyond supranasal, 1 or 2 granular postmentals, dorsal scales homogeneous with smooth to weak keels, usually no pre-cloacal pores visible but some males with 2, when present pore-bearing scales in contact at midline, no enlarged tubercles on original tails. Ground colour tan and dark brown; dorsal pattern comprised of poorlydefined longitudinal pale and dark stripes, lateral zones pale with irregular dark stippling, pattern heavily overlain with intermixed pale and dark scales giving an irregular appearance, pale spots or ocelli comprised of 36 pale scales usually present in dorsolateral zone.
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A moderately built, small-bodied gecko (to
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SVL); body elongate, oblong in crosssection; head relatively wide (HeadW/HeadL 0.520.71), moderately long (HeadL/SVL 0.270.33), moderately depressed (HeadD/HeadL 0.270.35); in dorsal view, widest at ear openings; head not distinct from neck with neck only weakly constricted; loreal region convex; snout moderately short (SnL/HeadL 0.320.40), tapering to rounded tip; head depth ~1.52 times eye diameter; eye moderately large; rostral ~2.5 times wider than high, in broad contact with nostril, dorsal edge concave to accommodate supranasals, rostral groove extends from dorsal edge of rostral to ~50% of rostral height; 0 or 1 small internasals; supranasals horizontally elongate, 23 times wider than long; nostrils small, similar in size to postnasals, directed laterally, in contact with rostral, supranasal, 24 postnasals and first supralabial; supralabials 79, antero-dorso edge of first supralabial in contact with nostril; second supralabial rectangular, wider than high, length equal to first supralabial; supralabials 35 slightly smaller than first and second, gradually decreasing in size, all wider than high; scales on crown small and slightly rounded, ~one-third the size of dorsal scales, increasing in size anteriorly onto snout and supraocular regions; scales on snout flat and slightly enlarged, 1.52 times larger than scales on crown; supraocular scales enlarged; 1 or 2 soft spines on posterior eyelid; mental triangular to trapezoidal in shape, widest anteriorly, not extending past ventral edge of first infralabial; postmental not enlarged relative to other scales adjacent to infralabials; gulars small near infralabials, decreasing to granular, ~0.10.2 the size of scales on ventrum, juxtaposed and slightly rounded; gulars flattened from mental to eye, becoming more rounded from eye to neck; infralabials 79, first largest and squareshaped, gradually decreasing in size posteriorly.
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<paragraph id="8BBC0B7B1808AA6EFF0BFD32FD81613E" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,2034]" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Scales on dorsum and lateral surfaces small and homogeneous, smooth to weakly keeled, ~2.5 times wider than deep, juxtaposed; scales slightly raised, highest point at posterior edge of scale, widest at midpoint of scale; scales on ventrum homogeneous, flat, imbricate, ~equal to 1.5 times the size of dorsal scales in area, widest at midpoint, with rounded posterior edge.</paragraph>
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Tail moderately long, maximum width one-quarter to one-third along tail, gradually tapering to a fine point, round in cross-section; scales on dorsal surface of tail ~23 times size compared to dorsum, homogeneous, flattened, imbricate, square to oblong in shape, arranged in transverse rows; ventral tail scales flattened, ~23 times the size of dorsal tail scales; single enlarged cloacal spur per side, ~34 times the size of surrounding scales; no visible pre-cloacal pores (except on
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with 2 pores).
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<paragraph id="8BBC0B7B1808AA6EFF0BFBF9FDEB6462" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,2034]" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">
<emphasis id="B977D7691808AA6EFF0BFBF9FE286657" box="[199,485,1052,1077]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Colouration and pattern.</emphasis>
Dorsal background colouration tan and dark brown; light brown dorsolateral lines edged with dark brown emanate from back of eye to tail, continues forwards past eye as pale canthal stripe, terminating above nostril; poorly-defined silver-grey vertebral stripe discernible in some specimens, 23 scales wide, bordered by poorly defined dark brown paravertebral lines or dark edges of dorsolateral lines; dorsolateral zone with 712 widely spaced ocelli between eye and tail, variably defined ocelli cluster comprised of 36 pale scales, often lacking or loosely bordered by darker scales; lateral zone with poorly-defined lateral line that extends from postero-ventral edge of eye above limbs to tail, continuing forward as dark loreal stripes to nostril; below lateral stripes on flanks a mixture of darkly pigmented scales with grey and pale scales; crown and snout a mixture of dark brown, brown and pale grey scales; supralabials pale with dark stippling, infralabials moderately pigmented; ventral edge of orbit dark brown; limbs have same intermixture of dark and pale scales with numerous scattered small pale ocelli, weak on front limbs, more prominent on rear; top of digits have a network of dark lines; ventrum pale with fine to heavy dark brown flecking, not forming conspicuous lines; heavier flecking on rear limbs and cloacal region and tail; tail continues dorsal pattern including ocelli on dorso-lateral stripes, dark vertebral zone and light brown paravertebral zone.
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<subSubSection id="C31958F01808AA6EFF0BF9E9FB2C6591" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BBC0B7B1808AA6EFF0BF9E9FB2C6591" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,2034]" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">
<emphasis id="B977D7691808AA6EFF0BF9E9FEAD6446" bold="true" box="[199,352,1548,1573]" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Distribution.</emphasis>
This species occurs in the south-west of
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(
<figureCitation id="133817FE1808AA6EFC75F9E9FBCC6446" box="[953,1025,1548,1573]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1920,1942]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,895,1886]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[150,1436,895,1898]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Distribution of the Crenadactylus ocellatus species-group including new species described in this paper. Darker shades denote areas of high topographic complexity, lighter shades lower complexity. Colours for taxa match those in Fig. 1. Questionable type location of Ebenavia horni holotype indicated by ? ." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/262142/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
). It is absent from the mesic southwestern corner, extending only as far south-west as Waroona (WAM R88483) then extending eastwards including records from Kojanup, Tambelup and Fitzgerald River National Park. The western-most extent of the distribution is from an old record in Israelite Bay at Cape Arid National Park (WAM R14176) and a more recent record from Balladonia at the edge of the Nullarbor Plain (WAM R157901). It extends into the wheatbelt and to the arid interzone, with records from near Mount Manning and Bowgada Nature Reserves, and an isolated record from Walganna Rock in the north-east (WAM R135103, genotyped as
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<emphasis id="B977D7691808AA6EFCBCF907FC3B6499" box="[880,1014,1761,1786]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">C. ocellatus</emphasis>
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and shown in
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A of
<bibRefCitation id="EF92768A1808AA6EFAD9F904FF19657E" author="Oliver" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" refString="Oliver, P., Adams, M. &amp; Doughty, P. (2010) Molecular evidence for ten species and Oligo-Miocene vicariance within a nominal Australian gecko species (Crenadactylus ocellatus, Diplodactylidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 10, 386. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1186 / 1471 - 2148 - 10 - 386" type="journal article" year="2010">
Oliver
<emphasis id="B977D7691808AA6EFAA8F907FA516499" box="[1380,1436,1761,1786]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">et al.</emphasis>
2010
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). Occurs on most of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands (off Geraldton) on which surveys have been conducted.
<emphasis id="B977D7691808AA6EFEDDF8CDFEBE6522" bold="true" box="[273,371,1832,1857]" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Habitat.</emphasis>
Found in open woodland habitats throughout its range including areas dominated by
<emphasis id="B977D7691808AA6EFF5BF8AEFEEB6507" box="[151,294,1867,1892]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Xanthorrhea</emphasis>
grass trees,
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<emphasis id="B977D7691808AA6EFE78F8AEFDFD6507" box="[436,560,1867,1892]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Eucalyptus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(jarrah, mallee, marri, tuart, wandoo) and spinifex grass (
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<emphasis id="B977D7691808AA6EFB0BF8AEFAD76507" box="[1223,1306,1867,1892]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Triodia</emphasis>
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) on a wide variety of soft (sandy and loamy) and hard stony substrates (e.g. laterite). Collectors notes record specimens have been found under ground cover such as fallen and rotten logs, woodpiles, leaf litter, granite boulders, limestone slabs, sheets of tin, railway sleepers and rubbish. One specimen (WAM R72276) was found one meter high under the bark of a gimlet tree, and other records mention under bark indicating some climbing ability.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BBC0B7B180BAA6DFF5BFBCDFB89665D" blockId="10.[151,1092,1064,1086]" box="[151,1092,1064,1086]" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">
<emphasis id="B977D769180BAA6DFF5BFBCDFEDF665E" bold="true" box="[151,274,1064,1086]" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
Holotype of
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<emphasis id="B977D769180BAA6DFE55FBCDFD44665D" box="[409,649,1064,1086]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">Diplodactylus ocellatus</emphasis>
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(BMNH 1947.3.6.68) (scale bar = 10 mm).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BBC0B7B180BAA6DFF5BF83CFB8C658C" blockId="10.[151,1089,2009,2031]" box="[151,1089,2009,2031]" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">
<emphasis id="B977D769180BAA6DFF5BF83CFEDF658D" bold="true" box="[151,274,2009,2031]" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Syntype of
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<emphasis id="B977D769180BAA6DFE41F83CFD4B658C" box="[397,646,2009,2031]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">Diplodactylus bilineatus</emphasis>
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(BMNH 1947.3.6.69) (scale bar = 10 mm).
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<paragraph id="8BBC0B7B180AAA6CFF5BFC75FC8561A7" blockId="11.[151,1436,912,964]" pageId="11" pageNumber="250">
<emphasis id="B977D769180AAA6CFF5BFC75FED961C6" bold="true" box="[151,276,912,934]" pageId="11" pageNumber="250">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
Variation in
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<emphasis id="B977D769180AAA6CFE51FC75FD5E61C5" box="[413,659,912,934]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="250">Crenadactylus ocellatus</emphasis>
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(scale bar = 10 mm). From left to right: WAM R132810, WAM R152975, WAM R135182, WAM R127614, WAM R152974, WAM R151338.
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<subSubSection id="C31958F0180AAA6CFF0BFC09FA896666" box="[199,1348,1004,1029]" pageId="11" pageNumber="250" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BBC0B7B180AAA6CFF0BFC09FA896666" blockId="11.[151,1437,1004,1317]" box="[199,1348,1004,1029]" pageId="11" pageNumber="250">
<emphasis id="B977D769180AAA6CFF0BFC09FE836666" bold="true" box="[199,334,1004,1029]" pageId="11" pageNumber="250">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name
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<emphasis id="B977D769180AAA6CFDE5FC09FD436666" box="[553,654,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="250">ocellatus</emphasis>
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refers to the pale scattered blotches or ocelli on the dorsum.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C31958F0180AAA6CFF0BFBF5FE966746" pageId="11" pageNumber="250" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BBC0B7B180AAA6CFF0BFBF5FE966746" blockId="11.[151,1437,1004,1317]" pageId="11" pageNumber="250">
<emphasis id="B977D769180AAA6CFF0BFBF5FEF6664A" bold="true" box="[199,315,1040,1065]" pageId="11" pageNumber="250">Remarks.</emphasis>
Our experience with this species indicates they are reasonably common compared to other
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<emphasis id="B977D769180AAA6CFF5BFBD1FEF4662E" box="[151,313,1076,1101]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="250">Crenadactylus</emphasis>
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species. Within the genus,
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<emphasis id="B977D769180AAA6CFDA2FBD0FD39662E" box="[622,756,1076,1101]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="250">C. ocellatus</emphasis>
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is exceptional for its dorsal patterning, with its intermixture of dark and pale scales and less well-defined longitudinal stripes (
<figureCitation id="133817FE180AAA6CFC54FBBDFC2D6613" box="[920,992,1112,1137]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="11.[151,250,912,934]" captionTargetBox="[163,1420,196,887]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[161,1426,193,891]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 7. Variation in Crenadactylus ocellatus (scale bar = 10 mm). From left to right: WAM R 132810, WAM R 152975, WAM R 135182, WAM R 127614, WAM R 152974, WAM R 151338." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/262147/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="250">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
). In contrast, most other
<emphasis id="B977D769180AAA6CFAC4FBBDFA516612" box="[1288,1436,1112,1137]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="250">Crendactylus</emphasis>
species have relatively clean longitudinal lines with possibly the exception of
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<emphasis id="B977D769180AAA6CFBDBFB98FB0966F6" box="[1047,1220,1148,1173]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="250">C. tuberculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B977D769180AAA6CFB07FB99FAE866F6" bold="true" box="[1227,1317,1148,1173]" pageId="11" pageNumber="250">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(
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D). It is likely this broken colour pattern may be beneficial for camouflage owing to this species ground-dwelling habits. In contrast, the striped patterns in other
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<emphasis id="B977D769180AAA6CFD70FB21FC9266BE" box="[700,863,1220,1245]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="250">Crenadactylus</emphasis>
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taxa are likely beneficial to species that climb in spinifex clumps and are likely convergent with the phasmid geckos in the genus
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<emphasis id="B977D769180AAA6CFBFDFB0DFB666762" box="[1073,1195,1256,1281]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="250">Strophurus</emphasis>
Fitzinger
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which also occur in spinifex.
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