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,
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,
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,
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(
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,
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R 25852
</specimenCode>
,
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,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESSBI" xlink_title="South Australias">
<collectingRegion id="68DE444E5A39A380BF38E74F582EAC9F">SA</collectingRegion>
</abbrev>
(
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<geoCoordinate id="94AE28378BC644DF9EAB8DB11B680237" degrees="26.28" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="-26.28">26.28 ° S</geoCoordinate>
,
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)
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;
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<specimenCode id="24422995FB30ED265BA70D9D37F089CA">
<named-content id="1D623ADB8CCF3729A83A86F2092ED675" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/south-australia-museum" xlink_title="South Australian Museum">SAMA</named-content>
R 47002
</specimenCode>
,
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<quantity id="667E5BCC3151BC8177FC2533985EE1BC" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="km" value="10.0">10 km</quantity>
WSW of
</locationDeviation>
<location id="A0B2277022AE364A694CEA69B69BD2AC" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:4E3F9A59B628507BAA558B74BC462D31:A0B2277022AE364A694CEA69B69BD2AC" latitude="-26.1606" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="134.3997" municipality="New Crown Station" name="Mosquito Camp Dam" stateProvince="SA">Mosquito Camp Dam</location>
,
<collectingMunicipality id="758968BC9D6D1AA61CFCF0FFBFD09A70">New Crown Station</collectingMunicipality>
,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ECTBI" xlink_title="South Australias">
<collectingRegion id="F9AB53A6D09D44BAA5BD6D1FF46DFDF0">SA</collectingRegion>
</abbrev>
(
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<geoCoordinate id="D39AA0FE8EE6A255BCD34676664459AA" degrees="26.1606" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-26.1606">26.1606 ° S</geoCoordinate>
,
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)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation id="322810B089F0254696526CE361814D36" collectionCode="SAMA" latitude="-26.1606" location="Mosquito Camp Dam" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="134.3997" municipality="New Crown Station" specimenCode="SAMA R 47004" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="SA">
<specimenCode id="2CEC7B5746DB05D9380597B2EA6B4AC9">
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R 47004
</specimenCode>
,
<locationDeviation id="BC46C66E01BD51CB7B0A65EE4D723ED9" bearing="247.5" distance="10000.0">
<quantity id="E40156C7855C5CD28C9A7221419D2D77" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="km" value="10.0">10 km</quantity>
WSW of
</locationDeviation>
<location id="6901D3A66FDF8011094D5D33A90ED845" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:4E3F9A59B628507BAA558B74BC462D31:6901D3A66FDF8011094D5D33A90ED845" latitude="-26.1606" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="134.3997" municipality="New Crown Station" name="Mosquito Camp Dam" stateProvince="SA">Mosquito Camp Dam</location>
,
<collectingMunicipality id="C5C8C04920FF39B2F99A1BAECE33778C">New Crown Station</collectingMunicipality>
,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESTBI" xlink_title="South Australias">
<collectingRegion id="BFBCD4E2A25BBF30592C7D8E922B8056">SA</collectingRegion>
</abbrev>
(
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<geoCoordinate id="5A0F628E690733BB0C0E6734798AA516" degrees="26.1606" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-26.1606">26.1606 ° S</geoCoordinate>
,
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</named-content>
)
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E5TBI" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="19957E462C11994C34AEB8F73C329C50">
<heading id="EFFDCAA6FF22009393E604E6595B9EF7" reason="title">
Diagnosis from other species in the
<taxonomicName id="21F0C447A7187911420D820FA8260E77" authorityName="Kluge" authorityYear="1973" class="Squamata" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Diplodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="galeatus">
<emphasis id="E8DBAFA8ADDD25BAA1640EDDB82749AC" italics="true">D. galeatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex.
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E202D575A32BAA24F884F217571B4A46">
<taxonomicName id="92569EC7EE0D2F58DDD4CFAA482A1B0A" authorityName="McDonald &amp; Fenner &amp; Torkkola &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Diplodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fyfei" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="E1C5D3D55BF98539733378C43E7ACB78" italics="true">Diplodactylus fyfei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="3EFACFD470A8CBFA9D7603BE80696405" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="CB9073EE5C7E151269E7DEED2001304A" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
may be distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="76C8FF94CF513B7900934F4DCDE92976" authorityName="McDonald &amp; Fenner &amp; Torkkola &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Diplodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tjoritjarinya" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="A7354A90B94065DA8E55057469CFB233" italics="true">D. tjoritjarinya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="D5F8CD1E63C1DFB97DCE5C9CA5B12F6E" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="8F465346DAFA3A099680CA9482E2AC5C" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(see below) by the presence of dorsal blotches descending ≥ 1 / 4 distance down torso when animal is viewed in lateral profile (versus typically descending ~ 1 / 8 down torso in
<taxonomicName id="DC1CEA58E56107BF98B4EB93E28657D8" authorityName="McDonald &amp; Fenner &amp; Torkkola &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Diplodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tjoritjarinya" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="98AC55B6A2656A1124ABB3315DFD0B40" italics="true">D. tjoritjarinya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="3759A62B2365B8C2346F99167B36D0BB" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="9800A813AB878480781FBF608685A10D" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
), the presence of large white spots (&gt; 3 scales in diameter) in the dorso-lateral region often arranged as mid-lateral row of portholes (versus smaller spots only), and by the dark red background colouration (versus pinkish red or red-brown).
<taxonomicName id="60964BC168A9BE9F003CE591965B927B" authorityName="McDonald &amp; Fenner &amp; Torkkola &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Diplodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fyfei" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8B109A28CDD682876D6455E75A81F6DF" italics="true">Diplodactylus fyfei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="51C39DECC747A3C8FCA0B35A9E2E8D09" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BAB6CFD3AE2C9742784786EDA366D235" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
may be distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="4664582905A3FE4FB52506C1078E9690" authorityName="Kluge" authorityYear="1973" class="Squamata" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Diplodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="galeatus">
<emphasis id="BAA4DFE3543F285D9A20F9DEE3146361" italics="true">D. galeatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the larger relative rostral scale height (usually&gt; 2.2 % of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPWBI" xlink_title="snout-vent length">SVL</abbrev>
versus usually ≤ 2.2 %
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETWBI" xlink_title="snout-vent length">SVL</abbrev>
in
<taxonomicName id="E488F6E94BCA7CA2DB784F8FD0CEBF19" authorityName="Kluge" authorityYear="1973" class="Squamata" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Diplodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="galeatus">
<emphasis id="26192FD2AF3B0E8BC7EA969B92D406CF" italics="true">D. galeatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
<taxonomicName id="67A47119E4B70D3199163063475F2451" authorityName="McDonald &amp; Fenner &amp; Torkkola &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Diplodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fyfei" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="2E4F09034EB0552607BE11E04D5331CD" italics="true">Diplodactylus fyfei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="5F21B721BC85F87956F04EDBE67331C9" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3372B798747A6AA921842E1682C122D6" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
further differs from the very similar
<taxonomicName id="44D1B705B30A40A14F6C498F577ACB7C" authorityName="Kluge" authorityYear="1973" class="Squamata" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Diplodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="galeatus">
<emphasis id="01E30E98FE8F97382A9BCA59CB4A439B" italics="true">D. galeatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in at least 20 putatively fixed differences in the mitochondrial
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E1XBI" xlink_title="NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2">ND 2</abbrev>
locus (see Table
<tableCitation id="83448E440DB5852A9F40A731E4CBA039" captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. Apomorphic diagnostic polymorphism sites in the ND 2 alignment of the Diplodactylus galeatus complex. Bold indicates apomorphic sites compared to the rest of the galeatus group." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/7F95D103358E7816F1642C3F91DC508F" tableUuid="7F95D103358E7816F1642C3F91DC508F">2</tableCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ECYBI" type="description">
<paragraph id="AA3543197435917AC818662CCF0D39ED">
<heading id="0CDE57F6ABB432327BDC180414E04D21" reason="title">Description.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="108710E8FB1E4A60014724791CCD5062">
A medium-sized
<taxonomicName id="430771B7F549A1CF27794F7C0E0B60D0" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1832" class="Squamata" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Diplodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="64E9897D6BE8633F644DC7D70634DEC6" italics="true">Diplodactylus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(to
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) with robust build; head moderately wide (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPYBI" xlink_title="head width, at widest point">HeadW</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETYBI" xlink_title="head length, measured obliquely from tip of snout to angle of lower jaw">HeadL</abbrev>
mean = 0.66, range = 0.580.76) and deep (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXYBI" xlink_title="head depth, measured behind eyes and top of head">HeadD</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2YBI" xlink_title="head length, measured obliquely from tip of snout to angle of lower jaw">HeadL</abbrev>
mean = 0.45, range = 0.380.52); eyes large (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6YBI" xlink_title="lower anterior to upper posterior of eye socket">OrbL</abbrev>
mean =
<quantity id="197A08AB4AC539A33DF012C57433A6B3" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.4" unit="mm" value="3.4">3.4 mm</quantity>
, range = 2.33.8); external ear opening relatively large (mean
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDZBI" xlink_title="head width, at widest point">HeadW</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHZBI" xlink_title="width of external ear opening">Ear</abbrev>
= 0.06, range = 0.050.08). Supralabials, 810, much larger than bordering loreals, wider than high and decreasing in height posteriorly, first supralabial slighty taller or equal in height to second; infralabials 1012; nostril surrounded by rostral scale, supranasals 2 and postnasals 35; relatively high rostral scale (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELZBI" xlink_title="rostral scale height">Ros</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPZBI" xlink_title="snout-vent length">SVL</abbrev>
mean = 0.023, range =
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<geoCoordinate id="0FC4DDA452E4B302558C104C6AABD7CC" degrees="0.028" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="-0.028">0.028</geoCoordinate>
), rostral crease usually present and descending one quarter to halfway from top of scale; mental scale lanceolate in shape and always longer than wide.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AC755E0C1D19D8DB3C90F77FF082ECA3">
Scales on dorsum enlarged, up to twice diameter of those on lateral and ventral surfaces; head scales larger relative to neighbouring sides of head; scales on throat small and granular. Subdigital lamellae in single row of enlarged rounded scales; apical pad pair prominent and enlarged, much wider than proximal width of digit. Males have 56 cloacal spurs (median 5); females have rounded scales where the male spurs occur. Original tail short (mean Tail /
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVZBI" xlink_title="snout-vent length">SVL</abbrev>
mean = 0.52, range = 0.470.60) and thick, cylindrical, with regular annuli of slightly enlarged tubercles on dorsal and upper lateral surfaces.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2CD4ED2EA1251F78DABDFDA2411C5CED">Top of head pale and yellowish-brown bordered posteriorly by a rounded dark line, dorsum of dark red brown with 45 (median = 5) dark-edged pale blotches (rarely merged to form a continuous vertebral stripe; 9 % of individuals) that descend ≥ 1 / 4 distance down torso when animal is viewed in lateral profile, lateral region of torso with numerous white dots (including some&gt; 3 scales wide) and frequently arranged in mid-lateral row, limbs usually with scattered white spots, dorsal colouration and pattern continue onto original tail (with 25 blotches), and ventral surface white.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E1ZBI" type="Particulars of the holotype">
<paragraph id="B164C8D882D99689D831821C3073548D">
<heading id="18B803A04EA3573D9AFAF78EFEBCC2EC" reason="title">
Particulars of the
<typeStatus id="ED77435A7F5DDD0FCC7939DC0F43E401" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
.
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6B366F64B0BD131657814B074A855996">
An adult male (Fig. S 2).
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EE1BI" xlink_title="snout-vent length">SVL</abbrev>
= 46.9,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EI1BI" xlink_title="Trunk length, between axilla and groin">TrunkL</abbrev>
= 19.6,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EM1BI" xlink_title="tail length, from cloaca to tip">TailL</abbrev>
= 26.5,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQ1BI" xlink_title="tail width, at widest point">TailW</abbrev>
= 5.8,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EU1BI" xlink_title="arm length, from elbow to base of hand">ArmL</abbrev>
= 8.3,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EY1BI" xlink_title="knee to base of foot">LegL</abbrev>
= 9.6,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E31BI" xlink_title="head length, measured obliquely from tip of snout to angle of lower jaw">HeadL</abbrev>
= 15.1,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EA2BI" xlink_title="head width, at widest point">HeadW</abbrev>
= 10.,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EE2BI" xlink_title="head depth, measured behind eyes and top of head">HeadD</abbrev>
= 7.7,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EI2BI" xlink_title="inter-orbital distance">IO</abbrev>
= 7.4,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EM2BI" xlink_title="nare-eye distance, nostril to anterior corner of eye socket">NarEye</abbrev>
= 4.5, Internar = 1.6,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQ2BI" xlink_title="rostral scale height">Ros</abbrev>
= 1.1,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EU2BI" xlink_title="proportion of rostral crease relative to rostral scale height">RosCre</abbrev>
= 0.4, MentalL = 1.6, MentalW = 1.2, SupNas = 2, SupLab = 13, InfLab = 12, CSpurs = 5, 4 FLam = 6, 4 TLam = 10, No. SC = 49. Rostral scale height relatively large (2.3 % of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EY2BI" xlink_title="snout-vent length">SVL</abbrev>
). Five pale dorsal blotches present on body and extending up to 1 / 3 down torso when viewed in lateral profile. Large white spots (&gt; 3 scale in diameter) present on dorso-lateral region and arranged as mid-lateral row of portholes.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E32BI" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="244C2CF02878FEDF85C69943C3577045">
<heading id="B6FB4BA212DDDEA2C33B6FB2F0FE53F7" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="91FB086A3204F2303DD72B3FAAF26DB9">Named for the pioneering herpetologist Greg Fyfe in recognition of his substantial contribution to the knowledge and conservation of central Australias reptile fauna.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EB3BI" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="EE7BE1EA26737390E799BD5DB988D4A7">
<heading id="025694E91996577EF4C55F02BDF918CD" reason="title">Distribution and ecology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DAAF67D7877E773D4311FED7D8EBB225">
Restricted to extreme northern Stony Plains
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EH3BI" xlink_title="Interim Biogeographic Regionalisations of Australia">IBRA</abbrev>
region (
<bibRefCitation id="2AAA5435C9D3ED0B641B0B97EC3D6B72" author="Thackway and Cresswell" firstAuthor="Thackway" journalOrPublisher="Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Canberra" refId="B64" refString="Thackway R, Cresswell ID (1995) An interim biogeographic regionalisation for Australia: A framework for setting priorities in the national reserves system cooperative. Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Canberra, 89 pp." title="An interim biogeographic regionalisation for Australia: A framework for setting priorities in the national reserves system cooperative." year="1995">Thackway and Cresswell 1995</bibRefCitation>
) straddling the
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/
<collectingRegion id="05A6F816103C010B40B5970C8E7340F2" country="Australia" name="South Australia">South Australia</collectingRegion>
border. Records in the
<collectingRegion id="78921E03993858491891448A8CF6C937" country="Australia" name="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</collectingRegion>
are associated with Beddome Range on New Crown Station. Potentially suitable habitat also occurs further west on Umbeara and Tieyon Stations in
<collectingRegion id="FD78506991F372F60697875561829D2E">NT</collectingRegion>
and
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EP3BI" xlink_title="South Australias">
<collectingRegion id="0F408F4F4E447B020942EDB4E77A51C6">SA</collectingRegion>
</abbrev>
, respectively.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="66451DA71B0BB372E89D54A70987AEE0">
Recorded nocturnally active on the ground in and around dissected tablelands or mesas on sandstone and shale geologies. Vegetation usually includes a sparse tussock grass and lower shrub layers and a very sparse
<taxonomicName id="41BBE61385B15C1321DABDBF2AF3FE53" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="53FE14C4732D6132AD7786DFB63A8418" italics="true">Acacia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shrub overstory. Usually observed perched atop rocks rather than actively foraging and one individual was encountered in a low shrub (
<taxonomicName id="4D7D3DB7E55C9465BC965E30A4774B40" class="Aves" family="Alaudidae" genus="Eremophila" kingdom="Animalia" order="Passeriformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="freelingii">
<emphasis id="FA94F5A6D2326ADCEF3182C6405FDE3A" italics="true">Eremophila freelingii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (P.
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pers. obs.). Recorded in syntopy with
<taxonomicName id="98FF7971BC360FA60562194837990B33" authorityName="Hutchinson, Sistrom, Donnellan &amp; Hutchinson" authorityYear="2014" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="versicolor">
<emphasis id="AA93FC04AD28B88ED333720A2F20CEC2" italics="true">Gehyra versicolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F5F92632B330CA114590E40B032562B4" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1845" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Heteronotia" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="binoei">
<emphasis id="500CB79059B4A93391273B142AC8DBDC" italics="true">Heteronotia binoei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="96FE4BA2B0558491142A71C8D49FB19D" authorityName="Bory De Saint-Vincent" authorityYear="1823" class="Squamata" family="Carphodactylidae" genus="Underwoodisaurus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="milii">
<emphasis id="E5942E86CD2D11AB1AE88316536E98FA" italics="true">Underwoodisaurus milii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EH5BI" type="Suggested IUCN Red List status">
<paragraph id="2664C741C3F831C8901C7E72A2484D3F">
<heading id="54EA4C948AF57799D1B1F43344A1B0EE" reason="title">Suggested IUCN Red List status.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7EDBB67443BC74047AAAEF70304B3223">
<taxonomicName id="2D69C559F31551A1BE9214D78463CEAB" authorityName="McDonald &amp; Fenner &amp; Torkkola &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Diplodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fyfei" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="3F493569349438D47D89D206C6F1D3AB" italics="true">Diplodactylus fyfei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="93823AE23EA9437A1F69F5B007D431BA" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2C17DD715711A558DC39393892037580" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
has the smallest distribution of the three taxa in the
<taxonomicName id="C0FEC42ED8455CF17D8BBB131C1DDE84" authorityName="Kluge" authorityYear="1973" class="Squamata" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Diplodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="galeatus">
<emphasis id="948CA2C0A69ED64A273318B0945D1250" italics="true">D. galeatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species complex (EEO =
<quantity id="7067DA5207288D7D7004EFF379F28DF2" metricMagnitude="5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.54" unit="km" value="654.0">654 km</quantity>
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) and has not been recorded from any protected areas. However, it is likely that further sampling in areas of dissected tableland along the
<collectingRegion id="67B1FA138B751C33A30013985DFEDE6A">NT</collectingRegion>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EH6BI" xlink_title="South Australias">
<collectingRegion id="1D4F28F84AB3892B7F2E5BD3A1A12980">SA</collectingRegion>
</abbrev>
border to the west will increase its known range. Further, the areas inhabited by
<taxonomicName id="2B6237DC66C412D4E37EF89BDDABEBEE" authorityName="McDonald &amp; Fenner &amp; Torkkola &amp; Oliver" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Diplodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fyfei" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="84BEF6AD2257AE6B2C2A64ABC3D87C00" italics="true">Diplodactylus fyfei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="D73E7A1E6214D5BF18A8E7F4EEECD23F" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="15AF401652C0F251608E583ABF993C69" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
are sparsely inhabited and have not been subjected to widespread habitat destruction or disturbance. Based on these data we suggest that it be considered Least Concern.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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