Gehyra spheniscus
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gehyra
Species: Gehyra spheniscus
Name
[edit]- Gehyra spheniscus Doughty, Palmer, Sistrom, Bauer & Donnellan, 2012
- Holotype: WAM R171591* (male), collected on 25 January 2010 by C.A. Stevenson and R. Somaweera.
- Type locality: Lower Monjon Rocks, Prince Regent River Nature Reserve (15.9775°S; 125.3678°E), Australia.
- Etymology: The epithet spheniscus (Latinized Greek), meaning a small wedge refers to the triangle-shaped wedge of granules on the toe pads.
References
[edit]- Doughty, Paul;, Russell Palmer, Mark J. Sistrom, Aaron M. Bauer & Stephen C. Donnellan, 2012: Two new species of Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) geckos from the north-west Kimberley region of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 27: 117–134. PDF.