Christinus marmoratus

Christinus marmoratus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Christinus
Species: Christinus marmoratus

Name

Christinus marmoratus (Gray, 1845)

• Lectotype: BMNH xxi.9.a. [designated by Wells & Wellington (1985)]
• Type locality: “Houtman’s Abrolhos” and “Australia”.

Combinations

• Diplodactylus marmoratus Gray, 1845: 149 [original combination]
• Phyllodactylus marmoratus — Boulenger, 1885: 88 [subsequent combination]
• Christinus marmoratus — Wells & Wellington, 1984 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Phyllodactylus peronii Fitzinger, 1843
• Goniodactylus australis Gray, 1845
• Phyllodactylus affinis Boulenger, 1885
• Phyllodactylus macrodactylus Boulenger, 1885
• Christinus biggsae Wells & Wellington, 1985

Native distribution areas

• Australia: New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman: London. xxvii + 289 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Christinus marmoratus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 June 2023.
• Lloyd, R. & Valentine, L. 2017. IUCN: Christinus marmoratus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T102731357A102731446. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102731357A102731446.en. Accessed on 17 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Marbled Southern Gecko