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<emphasis id="B93C6A537F24FFE297CF9E2DFDDAF8BF" bold="true" box="[444,587,1831,1857]" pageId="8" pageNumber="22">Wellington,</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93C6A537F24FFE294209E2DFD06F8BF" bold="true" box="[595,663,1831,1857]" pageId="8" pageNumber="22">1985)</emphasis>
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<th id="76A9DD7F7F24001596E49E40FE04F89A" box="[151,405,1866,1892]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="22">Southern Rock Dtella</th>
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<th id="76A9DD7F7F24001596E49E7BFE04F875" box="[151,405,1905,1931]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="8" pageNumber="22">Figs. 5–8</th>
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<emphasis id="B93C6A537F24FFE296E49EB8FEE1F837" box="[151,368,1970,1993]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="22">Dactyloperus lazelli</emphasis>
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: p. 11.
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: AMS R116972 (formerly AMS Field Series 16793), adult male, from “Mt Colley”, Cocoparra National Park, near Griffith, N.S.W. (
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a).
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<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F25FFE396E49992FD3CFF51" authority="Wells & Wellington, 1985" authorityName="Wells & Wellington" authorityYear="1985" box="[151,685,152,175]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Dactyloperus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="9" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="annettae">
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<emphasis id="B93C6A537F25FFE396E49992FE18FF51" box="[151,393,152,175]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="23">Dactyloperus annettae</emphasis>
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: p. 11.
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: AMS R116971 (formerly AMS Field Series 16789), adult female, from Willandra National Park, near Hillston, N.S.W. (
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b).
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<emphasis id="B93C6A537F25FFE396E49D59FE88FB95" bold="true" box="[151,281,1107,1131]" pageId="9" pageNumber="23">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
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The type specimens of A)
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<emphasis id="B93C6A537F25FFE394499D5EFC80FB95" box="[570,785,1108,1131]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="23">Dactyloperus lazelli</emphasis>
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and B)
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.
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<emphasis id="B93C6A537F25FFE396E49D91FE8EFB4B" bold="true" box="[151,287,1179,1205]" pageId="9" pageNumber="23">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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A moderate sized
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<emphasis id="B93C6A537F25FFE394639D96FDFFFB4B" box="[528,622,1180,1205]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="23">Gehyra</emphasis>
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) with divided subdigital lamellae, two or three pairs of enlarged chin shields, a dorsal pattern combining small pale spots and irregular, dark spots or short wavy lines, and a diploid chromosome number of 44. Most similar to
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<emphasis id="B93C6A537F25FFE392D89DE3FA97FAFC" box="[1195,1286,1257,1282]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="23">G. nana</emphasis>
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, from which it differs in grey to brown rather than rufous dorsal colouring with more prominent black flecks and lines.
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<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F25FFE396E49C3DFEDFFAAE" box="[151,334,1335,1360]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lazelli">
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<emphasis id="B93C6A537F25FFE396E49C3DFEDFFAAE" box="[151,334,1335,1360]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="23">Gehyra lazelli</emphasis>
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is sympatric or parapatric with two other species,
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<emphasis id="B93C6A537F25FFE395AD9C3DFBECFAAE" box="[990,1149,1335,1360]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="23">G. variegata</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93C6A537F25FFE393F19C3DFEA7FA88" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="23">G. purpurascens</emphasis>
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. Distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B93C6A537F25FFE3945E9C57FD2DFA88" box="[557,700,1373,1398]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="23">G. variegata</emphasis>
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by fine spotted rather than ladder-like colour pattern, the white spots not margining the dark markings, slightly larger size, higher preanal pore counts and (in syntopy) rockdwelling rather than arboreal habits. Distinguished from
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(2n=40c) by bolder spotted pattern, with larger black flecks and wavy lines and numerous white spots present in adults, and smaller size (max. SVL of
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F25FFE396869CF2FE24F9EF" box="[245,437,1528,1553]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="purpurascens">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F25FFE396869CF2FE24F9EF" box="[245,437,1528,1553]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="23">G. purpurascens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<quantity id="4CB01BA47F25FFE397CF9CF2FD81F9EC" box="[444,528,1528,1554]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.5" pageId="9" pageNumber="23" unit="mm" value="65.0">65 mm</quantity>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C352E5CA7F25FFE096B69F14FF61FF01" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="24" pageId="9" pageNumber="23" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF7B6417F25FFE396B69F14FADFF9C6" blockId="9.[151,1437,1179,2018]" box="[197,1358,1566,1592]" pageId="9" pageNumber="23">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F25FFE396B69F14FECCF9C6" bold="true" box="[197,349,1566,1592]" pageId="9" pageNumber="23">Description.</emphasis>
|
||
SVL
|
||
<quantity id="4CB01BA47F25FFE397EF9F14FD8BF9C6" box="[412,538,1566,1592]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.75" metricValueMax="5.9" metricValueMin="3.6" pageId="9" pageNumber="23" unit="mm" value="47.5" valueMax="59.0" valueMin="36.0">36–59 mm</quantity>
|
||
(mean 51.2, n= 46). Length of tail
|
||
<quantity id="4CB01BA47F25FFE395C59F14FBA4F9C6" box="[950,1077,1566,1592]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.75" metricValueMax="4.9" metricValueMin="4.6" pageId="9" pageNumber="23" unit="mm" value="47.5" valueMax="49.0" valueMin="46.0">46–49 mm</quantity>
|
||
(mean 92% SVL, n=3).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF7B6417F25FFE396B69F4FFAD9F8B9" blockId="9.[151,1437,1179,2018]" pageId="9" pageNumber="23">
|
||
Rostral flat dorsally to weakly gabled, with a median groove descending to about 50% of the height of the scale. Nostril surrounded by rostral, first supralabial, two subequal postnasals and a larger supranasal. Internasals 0 to 3, mode 1. Supralabials 8–10, mode 9. Infralabials 8–10, mode 9. Two pairs of enlarged chin shields always present; a third pair sometimes present and contacting the second infralabial but not the third (
|
||
<figureCitation id="1373AAC47F25FFE396D39FEAFF7CF904" box="[160,237,1760,1786]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="10.[151,259,1123,1147]" captionTargetBox="[167,1423,326,1088]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[157,1429,313,1098]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 6. Chin shield scalation and rostral-nasal scalation in Gehyra lazelli. A) tip of snout of SAMA R 56407 showing typical arrangement of scales. This specimen has one internasal scale wedged between the supranasals; rostral apex is almost flat in this specimen. B) chin shield arrangement of the holotype (AMS R 116972) showing one of the common arrangements. C) chin shields of another specimen (SAMA R 63427) showing an additional small chin shield pair contacting the second infralabial. In both, the sublabial row starts at the notched second infralabial. Abbreviations: cc: chin shields (excluding postmentals), il: infralabials, m: mental, pm: postmental, pn: postnasal, r: rostral, sbl: sublabials, sl: supralabials, sn: supranasal." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191136/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="23">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
|
||
). Sublabial scale row starts at a notched infralabial, the second or third with similar frequencies. Lamellae under pad of fourth toe divided, 7 pairs showing obvious surface architecture of fine hairscales. Preanal pores in males 12–18 (mean=15, n=22), arranged in a chevron with median pore anteriormost.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF7B6417F25FFE396B69E5EFE47F81C" blockId="9.[151,1437,1179,2018]" pageId="9" pageNumber="23">
|
||
In preservative (
|
||
<figureCitation id="1373AAC47F25FFE397F49E5EFE41F890" box="[391,464,1876,1902]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="10.[151,259,1123,1147]" captionTargetBox="[167,1423,326,1088]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[157,1429,313,1098]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 6. Chin shield scalation and rostral-nasal scalation in Gehyra lazelli. A) tip of snout of SAMA R 56407 showing typical arrangement of scales. This specimen has one internasal scale wedged between the supranasals; rostral apex is almost flat in this specimen. B) chin shield arrangement of the holotype (AMS R 116972) showing one of the common arrangements. C) chin shields of another specimen (SAMA R 63427) showing an additional small chin shield pair contacting the second infralabial. In both, the sublabial row starts at the notched second infralabial. Abbreviations: cc: chin shields (excluding postmentals), il: infralabials, m: mental, pm: postmental, pn: postnasal, r: rostral, sbl: sublabials, sl: supralabials, sn: supranasal." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191136/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="23">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
|
||
a), dorsum light grey to light brown with irregular dark spots, short wavy lines or streaks and numerous small, circular, white to pale grey spots. Spots usually forming regular transverse series around (original) tail but arranged more haphazardly on the head and body. White and black markings mostly not contacting one another.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF7B6417F26FFE096B69992FF61FF01" blockId="10.[151,1436,152,255]" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">
|
||
In life (
|
||
<figureCitation id="1373AAC47F26FFE097539992FEFBFF4C" box="[288,362,152,178]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="11.[151,259,1974,1998]" captionTargetBox="[170,1429,182,1966]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[174,1418,1044,1977]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 7. Live specimens of A) G. lazelli from the Middleback Range, SA, and B) G. variegata from Merbein, Victoria." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191137/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
|
||
), the dorsal background colour during the day can be considerably darker grey-brown to brown. At night, in common with most
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F26FFE0941999B5FD53FF26" box="[618,706,191,216]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="24" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F26FFE0941999B5FD53FF26" box="[618,706,191,216]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">Gehyra</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, the contrast in the colour pattern is greatly reduced and paler overall.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<caption id="DF37E6C97F26FFE096E49D69FDC8FAB5" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191136/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="24" targetBox="[167,1423,326,1088]" targetPageId="10">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF7B6417F26FFE096E49D69FDC8FAB5" blockId="10.[151,1437,1123,1355]" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F26FFE096E49D69FEB1FB85" bold="true" box="[151,288,1123,1147]" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
|
||
Chin shield scalation and rostral-nasal scalation in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F26FFE0951E9D6EFB9FFB85" box="[877,1038,1124,1147]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="24" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lazelli">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F26FFE0951E9D6EFB9FFB85" box="[877,1038,1124,1147]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">Gehyra lazelli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. A) tip of snout of SAMA R56407 showing typical arrangement of scales. This specimen has one internasal scale wedged between the supranasals; rostral apex is almost flat in this specimen. B) chin shield arrangement of the holotype (AMS R116972) showing one of the common arrangements. C) chin shields of another specimen (SAMA R63427) showing an additional small chin shield pair contacting the second infralabial. In both, the sublabial row starts at the notched second infralabial. Abbreviations: cc: chin shields (excluding postmentals), il: infralabials, m: mental, pm: postmental, pn: postnasal, r: rostral, sbl: sublabials, sl: supralabials, sn: supranasal.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C352E5CA7F26FFE096B69C96FC17F9FD" pageId="10" pageNumber="24" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF7B6417F26FFE096B69C96FC17F9FD" blockId="10.[151,1436,1436,1926]" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F26FFE096B69C96FEC5FA4B" box="[197,340,1436,1461]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">Distribution</emphasis>
|
||
. Rocky ranges and outcrops in the Gawler, Flinders and Mt Lofty Ranges of South
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F35FF6D17F26FFE0935A9C96FA06FA48" box="[1321,1431,1436,1462]" name="Australia" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">Australia</collectingCountry>
|
||
, extending eastwards into south-central New South
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F35FF6D17F26FFE094849CC8FCAFFA22" box="[759,830,1474,1500]" name="United Kingdom" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">Wales</collectingCountry>
|
||
and southwest to the coast of the Great Australian Bight as far west as Ceduna and the Nuyts Archipelago (Fig. 8).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C352E5CA7F26FFE796B69F1AFBEFFDA5" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="27" pageId="10" pageNumber="24" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF7B6417F26FFE096B69F1AFDB3F878" blockId="10.[151,1436,1436,1926]" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F26FFE096B69F1AFEDAF9D7" box="[197,331,1552,1577]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">Comments.</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD9CBB07F26FFE097209F1AFD0DF9D4" author="Wells" box="[339,668,1552,1578]" pageId="10" pageNumber="29" refString="Wells, R. & Wellington, C. R. (1985) A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series, 1 - 61." type="book chapter" year="1985">Wells & Wellington (1985)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
described three species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F26FFE095979F1AFBAFF9D7" box="[996,1086,1552,1577]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="24" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F26FFE095979F1AFBAFF9D7" box="[996,1086,1552,1577]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">Gehyra</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F26FFE092019F1AFF76F9AE" authority="Fitzinger 1843" authorityName="Fitzinger" authorityYear="1843" class="Actinopterygii" family="Dactylopteridae" genus="Dactylopterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpaeniformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="24" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F26FFE092019F1AFA8DF9D7" box="[1138,1308,1552,1577]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">Dactylopterus</emphasis>
|
||
(Fitzinger 1843))
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from western NSW.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F26FFE097959F3DFD69F9AE" box="[486,760,1591,1616]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Dactyloperus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="10" pageNumber="24" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="annettae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F26FFE097959F3DFD69F9AE" box="[486,760,1591,1616]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">Dactyloperus annettae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<typeStatus id="54F308E37F26FFE0957A9F3CFCAFF9AE" box="[777,830,1590,1616]" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality near Hillston, NSW), is a female that has greatly faded in preservative, but its colour pattern is still discernible, consisting of scattered small dark flecks that fail to form lines or continuous series.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F26FFE094E49F8EFC17F963" box="[663,902,1668,1693]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Dactyloperus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="10" pageNumber="24" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lazelli">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F26FFE094E49F8EFC17F963" box="[663,902,1668,1693]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">Dactyloperus lazelli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, from near Griffith, NSW, is a male in much better condition, with a colour pattern of blackish speckles forming a reticulum over the entire head and body, with no continuous light-edged lines on the head or back, and 17 preanal pores. Neither specimen preserves any white markings, but this is a frequent artifact in preserved specimens of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F26FFE092699FF2FBE3F8EF" box="[1050,1138,1784,1809]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="24" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F26FFE092699FF2FBE3F8EF" box="[1050,1138,1784,1809]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">Gehyra</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Their third new species,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F26FFE096E49E15FF64F8C6" box="[151,245,1823,1848]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Dactyloperus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="10" pageNumber="24" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kingi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F26FFE096E49E15FF64F8C6" box="[151,245,1823,1848]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">D. kingi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, from Walgett, was synonymized by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD9CBB07F26FFE094DD9E14FC5BF8C6" author="Bauer" box="[686,970,1822,1848]" pageId="10" pageNumber="28" refString="Bauer, A. M. & Henle, K. (1994) Gekkonidae (Reptila, Sauria). Part I. Australia and Oceania. Das Tierreich, 109, 1 - 222." type="journal article" year="1994">Bauer and Henle (1994)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
with
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F26FFE0927D9E15FB37F8C6" box="[1038,1190,1823,1848]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F26FFE0927D9E15FB33F8C6" box="[1038,1186,1823,1848]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="24" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="variegata">G. variegata</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
but our examination of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54F308E37F26FFE096969E4FFE88F8A1" box="[229,281,1861,1887]" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">type</typeStatus>
|
||
shows it to be indistinguishable from populations currently referred to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F26FFE092049E4FFF4AF878" authority="Macleay, 1877" authorityName="Macleay" authorityYear="1877" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="24" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dubia">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F26FFE092049E4FFA8CF8A0" box="[1143,1309,1861,1886]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="24">Gehyra dubia</emphasis>
|
||
(Macleay, 1877)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD9CBB07F26FFE096999E66FE19F878" author="Cogger" box="[234,392,1900,1926]" pageId="10" pageNumber="28" refString="Cogger, H. G. (2000) Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Sydney, Reed New Holland, 808 pp." type="book" year="2000">Cogger 2000</bibRefCitation>
|
||
; King 1983).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="DF37E6C97F27FFE196E49EBCFF62F80E" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191137/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="25" targetBox="[170,1429,182,1966]" targetPageId="11">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF7B6417F27FFE196E49EBCFF62F80E" blockId="11.[151,1436,1974,2032]" pageId="11" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F27FFE196E49EBCFEB1F830" bold="true" box="[151,288,1974,1998]" pageId="11" pageNumber="25">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
|
||
Live specimens of A)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F27FFE194579EBDFD18F830" box="[548,649,1975,1998]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Dactyloperus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lazelli">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F27FFE194579EBDFD18F830" box="[548,649,1975,1998]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="25">G. lazelli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from the Middleback Range, SA, and B)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F27FFE192169EBDFB61F830" box="[1125,1264,1975,1998]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="variegata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F27FFE192169EBDFB61F830" box="[1125,1264,1975,1998]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="25">G. variegata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from Merbein, Victoria.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF7B6417F20FFE696B69992FC7DFDF0" blockId="12.[151,1437,152,1028]" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">
|
||
The original descriptions of both
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE6942E9992FD7BFF4F" box="[605,746,152,177]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Dactyloperus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="annettae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE6942E9992FD7BFF4F" box="[605,746,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">D. annettae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE695559992FC07FF4F" box="[806,918,152,177]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Dactyloperus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lazelli">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE695559992FC07FF4F" box="[806,918,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">D. lazelli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
list a series of character states for the two
|
||
<typeStatus id="54F308E37F20FFE696E499B4FE87FF26" box="[151,278,190,216]" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" type="holotype">holotypes</typeStatus>
|
||
, but do not provide differential diagnoses. We regard these two specimens and the 2n=44f chromosome group as conspecific. Of the two, described on the same page in the same publication, we propose that the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54F308E37F20FFE697139806FE58FED8" box="[352,457,268,294]" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE697809806FDF0FEDB" box="[499,609,268,293]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Dactyloperus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lazelli">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE697809806FDF0FEDB" box="[499,609,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">D. lazelli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, with its better preserved colour pattern and diagnostic preanal pore count, is the more unambiguous choice in applying a name to the 2n=44f chromosome group (
|
||
<figureCitation id="1373AAC47F20FFE6934C9838FA1CFEB2" box="[1343,1421,306,332]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="9.[151,255,1107,1131]" captionTargetBox="[472,1115,262,1077]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[472,1115,262,1079]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 5. The type specimens of A) Dactyloperus lazelli and B) D. annettae." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191135/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
|
||
). Accordingly we propose that the 2n=44f
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE694F29853FD63FE8C" box="[641,754,345,370]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="variegata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE694F29853FD63FE8C" box="[641,754,345,370]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">variegata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
should be known as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE6959E9853FF71FE64" authority="Wells & Wellington, 1985" authorityName="Wells & Wellington" authorityYear="1985" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lazelli" status="comb. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE6959E9853FB07FE8C" box="[1005,1174,345,370]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">Gehyra lazelli</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD9CBB07F20FFE692D59853FF46FE64" author="Wells" pageId="12" pageNumber="29" refString="Wells, R. & Wellington, C. R. (1985) A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series, 1 - 61." type="book chapter" year="1985">Wells & Wellington, 1985</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20FD7287F20FFE6969D988AFE53FE64" box="[238,450,384,410]" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">new combination</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE6947D988AFCB2FE67" box="[526,803,384,409]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Dactyloperus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="annettae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE6947D988AFCB2FE67" box="[526,803,384,409]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">Dactyloperus annettae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
as a junior synonym. The stated collecting locality, Mount Colley, could not be found in a gazetteer for any landmarks in the Cocoparra National Park or adjacent area. However there is a Mount Caley within the park, which may be the correct name for the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54F308E37F20FFE6937198C7FAA4FE19" box="[1282,1333,461,487]" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality. Mount Caley is
|
||
<quantity id="4CB01BA47F20FFE6972098FEFE0CFDF0" box="[339,413,500,526]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" unit="km" value="25.0">25 km</quantity>
|
||
ENE of Griffith, at 34° 10’ 48’ S,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE7CD0867F20FFE6954798FEFC79FDF0" box="[820,1000,500,526]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" precision="15" value="146.28973">146° 17’ 23” E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF7B6417F20FFE696B69B10FD64FBFA" blockId="12.[151,1437,152,1028]" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">
|
||
One other older name that we considered was
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE6949C9B10FCAAFDCD" box="[751,827,538,563]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gecko">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE6949C9B10FCAAFDCD" box="[751,827,538,563]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">Gecko</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE695309B10FBE3FDCA" authority="Steindachner, 1867" authorityName="Steindachner" authorityYear="1867" box="[835,1138,538,564]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="grayi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE695309B10FC13FDCD" box="[835,898,538,563]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">grayi</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD9CBB07F20FFE695F99B10FBE3FDCA" author="Steindachner" box="[906,1138,538,564]" pageId="12" pageNumber="29" refString="Steindachner, F. (1867) Part 3. Reptiles, in Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. von (ed.) Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Zoologischer Teil. I. Wirbelthiere. State Printer, Vienna." type="journal article" year="1867">Steindachner, 1867</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The
|
||
<typeStatus id="54F308E37F20FFE692CF9B10FAB5FDCA" box="[1212,1316,538,564]" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
specimen (NMW 19800:1) was said to have come from New South
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F35FF6D17F20FFE6953A9B4BFC02FDA5" box="[841,915,577,603]" name="United Kingdom" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">Wales</collectingCountry>
|
||
, but with no other data (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD9CBB07F20FFE692C69B4BFA06FDA5" author="Steindachner" box="[1205,1431,577,603]" pageId="12" pageNumber="29" refString="Steindachner, F. (1867) Part 3. Reptiles, in Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. von (ed.) Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Zoologischer Teil. I. Wirbelthiere. State Printer, Vienna." type="journal article" year="1867">Steindachner 1867</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD9CBB07F20FFE696E49B62FE10FD7C" author="Cogger" box="[151,385,616,642]" pageId="12" pageNumber="28" refString="Cogger, H. G., Cameron, E. E. & Cogger, H. M. (1983) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol 1. Amphibia and Reptilia. Bureau of Fauna and Flora, Canberra, 313 pp." type="book" year="1983">
|
||
Cogger
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE6968A9B62FEA1FD7F" box="[249,304,616,641]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 1983
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD9CBB07F20FFE697FD9B62FD39FD7C" author="Tiedemann" box="[398,680,616,642]" pageId="12" pageNumber="29" refString="Tiedemann, F., Haupl, M. & Grillitsch. H. (1994) Katalog der Typen der herpetologischen Sammlung nach dem Stand vom 1. Janner 1994. Kataloge der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 10 (4), 1 - 110." type="journal article" year="1994">
|
||
Tiedemann
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE6946C9B62FDC7FD7F" box="[543,598,616,641]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 1994
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). The name was regarded by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD9CBB07F20FFE692609B62FAF9FD7C" author="Tiedemann" box="[1043,1384,616,642]" pageId="12" pageNumber="29" refString="Tiedemann, F. & Haupl, M. (1980) Typenkatalog der herpetologischen Sammlung. Teil 11. Reptilia. Kataloge der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Vertebrata, 4 (2), 1 - 80." type="journal article" year="1980">Tiedemann & Häupl (1980)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
and
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD9CBB07F20FFE696E49B84FE23FD56" box="[151,434,654,680]" pageId="12" pageNumber="29" refString="Tiedemann, F., Haupl, M. & Grillitsch. H. (1994) Katalog der Typen der herpetologischen Sammlung nach dem Stand vom 1. Janner 1994. Kataloge der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 10 (4), 1 - 110." type="journal article">
|
||
Tiedemann
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE697579B85FECBFD56" box="[292,346,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">et al</emphasis>
|
||
(1994)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
as a synonym of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE694FA9B85FC34FD56" authority="Gray, 1845" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1845" box="[649,933,654,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="australis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE694FA9B85FC84FD56" box="[649,789,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">G. australis</emphasis>
|
||
Gray, 1845
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD9CBB07F20FFE695AB9B84FB5FFD56" box="[984,1230,654,680]" pageId="12" pageNumber="28" refString="Cogger, H. G., Cameron, E. E. & Cogger, H. M. (1983) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol 1. Amphibia and Reptilia. Bureau of Fauna and Flora, Canberra, 313 pp." type="book">
|
||
Cogger
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE6924A9B85FBFFFD56" box="[1081,1134,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. (1983)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
as a synonym of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE696E49BBFFD2BFD31" authority="Dumeril & Bibron, 1836" authorityName="Dumeril & Bibron" authorityYear="1836" box="[151,698,693,719]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="variegata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE696E49BBFFEFFFD30" box="[151,366,693,718]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">Gehyra variegata</emphasis>
|
||
(Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, while
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD9CBB07F20FFE695609BBFFBB5FD31" author="Bauer" box="[787,1060,693,719]" pageId="12" pageNumber="28" refString="Bauer, A. M. & Henle, K. (1994) Gekkonidae (Reptila, Sauria). Part I. Australia and Oceania. Das Tierreich, 109, 1 - 222." type="journal article" year="1994">Bauer & Henle (1994)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
considered it a possible senior synonym of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE6975F9BD6FD0EFD08" authority="Macleay, 1877" authorityName="Macleay" authorityYear="1877" box="[300,671,732,758]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dubia">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE6975F9BD6FE41FD0B" box="[300,464,732,757]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">Gehyra dubia</emphasis>
|
||
(Macleay, 1877)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The specimen is in poor condition (photographs provided by F. Tiedemann and H.G. Cogger), with only traces of colour pattern visible on the body, and some weak dark transverse lines on the tail (detached). However the specimen can be excluded from either
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE692CE9A23FA94FCBC" box="[1213,1285,809,834]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lazelli">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE692CE9A23FA94FCBC" box="[1213,1285,809,834]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">lazelli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
or
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE6935F9A23FA0DFCBC" box="[1324,1436,809,834]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="variegata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE6935F9A23FA0DFCBC" box="[1324,1436,809,834]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">variegata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by virtue of its notched but mostly undivided toe pad lamellae and its chin shield arrangement (
|
||
<figureCitation id="1373AAC47F20FFE693419A5AFAEDFC94" box="[1330,1404,848,874]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,259,1521,1545]" captionTargetBox="[344,1249,887,1492]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[342,1250,887,1492]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Neighbour-joining network of Cavalli-Sforza chord distances among OTUs based on allozyme allele frequencies. See Appendix 1 for locations included in each OTU." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191133/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">
|
||
Fig.
|
||
<quantity id="4CB01BA47F20FFE6931E9A5AFAEDFC94" box="[1389,1404,848,874]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.62" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" unit="in" value="3.0">3</quantity>
|
||
</figureCitation>
|
||
in
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD9CBB07F20FFE696E49A7CFEEEFC6E" author="Steindachner" box="[151,383,886,912]" pageId="12" pageNumber="29" refString="Steindachner, F. (1867) Part 3. Reptiles, in Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. von (ed.) Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Zoologischer Teil. I. Wirbelthiere. State Printer, Vienna." type="journal article" year="1867">Steindachner 1867</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE697FF9A7DFE57FC6E" box="[396,454,887,912]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">Tafel</emphasis>
|
||
I), the third pair of chin shields being relatively large and wedged between the second and third infralabials, the sublabial row starting from a notched fourth infralabial. This combination is seen on some eastern Australian species presently referred to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE695E09ACEFC6DFC23" box="[915,1020,964,989]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dubia">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE695E09ACEFC6DFC23" box="[915,1020,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">G. dubia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and some
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE692F19ACEFA87FC23" box="[1154,1302,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE692F19ACEFA80FC23" box="[1154,1297,964,989]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="catenata">G. catenata</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
but not on
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE696E49AE0FF7EFBFD" box="[151,239,1002,1027]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE696E49AE0FF7EFBFD" box="[151,239,1002,1027]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">Gehyra</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from the south-eastern interior of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F35FF6D17F20FFE694F19AE0FD60FBFA" box="[642,753,1002,1028]" name="Australia" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">Australia</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF7B6417F20FFE697539E32FC2FF8B1" blockId="12.[288,958,1848,1872]" box="[288,958,1848,1872]" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">
|
||
Distribution map of museum specimens identified as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE6952A9E33FC26F8AE" box="[857,951,1849,1872]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lazelli">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE6952A9E33FC26F8AE" box="[857,951,1849,1872]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">G. lazelli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF7B6417F20FFE696B69E88FA0DF817" blockId="12.[151,1436,1922,2025]" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE696B69E88FE8AF862" box="[197,283,1922,1948]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Gehyra</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE697509E88FC92F865" box="[291,771,1922,1947]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">
|
||
in the south-eastern interior of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F35FF6D17F20FFE694E59E88FC92F865" box="[662,771,1922,1947]" name="Australia" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">Australia</collectingCountry>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
. Four nominal species are now known from this region, namely
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE696869EA3FECAF83C" box="[245,347,1961,1986]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">G. l a z e l l i</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE6971D9EA3FD56F83C" box="[366,711,1961,1986]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE6971D9EA3FE68F83C" box="[366,505,1961,1986]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montium">G. montium</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE694759EA3FD56F83C" box="[518,711,1961,1986]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="purpurascens">G. purpurascens</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F20FFE695719EA3FC05F83C" box="[770,916,1961,1986]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="variegata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F20FFE695719EA3FC05F83C" box="[770,916,1961,1986]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="26">G. variegata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. All overlap to some degree in morphology and distribution, so that in most areas at least two and sometimes three species can occur in close proximity.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF7B6417F21FFE796E49992FBEFFDA5" blockId="13.[151,1437,152,603]" pageId="13" pageNumber="27">
|
||
The difficulty in allocating specimens to species is made somewhat easier because three of the species,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F21FFE793F09992FF70FF26" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lazelli">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F21FFE793F09992FF70FF26" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="27">G. lazelli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F21FFE7968299B5FEEDFF26" box="[241,380,191,216]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montium">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F21FFE7968299B5FEEDFF26" box="[241,380,191,216]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="27">G. montium</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F21FFE797CB99B5FDEFFF26" box="[440,638,191,216]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="purpurascens">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F21FFE797CB99B5FDEFFF26" box="[440,638,191,216]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="27">G. purpurascens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, show a limited amount of morphological variation and are fairly tightly associated with particular microhabitats. The confusion is generally due to variation in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F21FFE7937299EFFA04FF00" box="[1281,1429,229,254]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="variegata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F21FFE7937299EFFA04FF00" box="[1281,1429,229,254]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="27">G. variegata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, which shows a wide variety of colour pattern variants and overlaps in size and habits with each of the other three. In practice, difficulty is experienced most often in distinguishing between juvenile and subadult
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F21FFE793F09838FEAAFE8C" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="purpurascens">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F21FFE793F09838FEAAFE8C" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="27">G. purpurascens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F21FFE7970B9853FD9FFE8C" box="[376,526,345,370]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="variegata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F21FFE7970B9853FD9FFE8C" box="[376,526,345,370]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="27">G. variegata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
as these two may at times be found on the same tree, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F21FFE792A99853FAD6FE8C" box="[1242,1351,345,370]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lazelli">
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<emphasis id="B93C6A537F21FFE792A99853FAD6FE8C" box="[1242,1351,345,370]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="27">G. lazelli</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F21FFE793F09853FE99FE67" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="variegata">
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<emphasis id="B93C6A537F21FFE793F09853FE99FE67" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="27">G. variegata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, which overlap widely. The distinctions between
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F21FFE79525988AFC2EFE67" box="[854,959,384,409]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lazelli">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F21FFE79525988AFC2EFE67" box="[854,959,384,409]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="27">G. lazelli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F21FFE79588988AFB1CFE67" box="[1019,1165,384,409]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="variegata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F21FFE79588988AFB1CFE67" box="[1019,1165,384,409]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="27">G. variegata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are noted above in the re-description of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F21FFE7971598ADFE40FE3E" box="[358,465,423,448]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lazelli">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F21FFE7971598ADFE40FE3E" box="[358,465,423,448]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="27">G. lazelli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, while most
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C48CDC27F21FFE7941D98ADFCA0FE3E" box="[622,817,423,448]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="purpurascens">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F21FFE7941D98ADFCA0FE3E" box="[622,817,423,448]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="27">G. purpurascens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
can be recognized by a combination of a relatively broader rostral, fewer preanal pores and weaker colour pattern, especially the dark markings being small, numerous and scattered rather than bolder and more continuous. However, some preserved specimens from among these three species may not be certainly identifiable from morphology alone. Where species identity is essential, our data show that each of the three is readily separable by
|
||
<emphasis id="B93C6A537F21FFE795B29B4BFC69FDA4" box="[961,1016,577,602]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="27">ND2</emphasis>
|
||
sequences.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
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||
</document> |