Genus Diplodactylus Gray, 1832
Western Fat-tailed Gecko
Compiler and date details
November 2013 - ABRS
- Diplodactylus Gray, J.E. 1832. Characters of a new genus of Mammalia, and of a new genus and two new species of lizards, from New Holland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1832: 39-40 [publication date established from Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of receipt from the Printers of the sheets of the Society's 'Proceedings' from 1831 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440 [436]] [40].
Type species:
Diplodactylus vittatus Gray, 1832 by monotypy. - Stenodactylopsis Steindachner, F. 1870. Herpetologische Notizen (II). Reptilien gesammelt Während einer Reise in Sengambien. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 62: 326-349 [343].
Type species:
Stenodactylopsis pulcher Steindachner, 1870 by monotypy. - Oedurella Lönnberg, E. & Andersson, L.G. 1913. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. III. Reptiles. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(3): 1-173 [5].
Type species:
Oedurella taeniata Lönnberg & Andersson, 1913 by monotypy. - Eremiastrophrurus Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [12].
Type species:
Diplodactylus elderi Stirling & Zietz, 1893 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Kluge, A.G. 1967. Systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray (Gekkonidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 1007-1108
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [80]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
Carnarvon (CAR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Pilbara (PIL) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic: Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Mulga Lands (ML) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP) ; NSW, Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NT, Qld: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK) ; NT, Qld, SA, WA: Central Ranges (CR), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN) ; NT, SA, WA: Dampierland (DL), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Pilbara (PIL) ; SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Hampton (HAM), Mallee (MAL), Nullarbor (NUL) ; WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Northern Kimberley (NK), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
General References
Oliver, P., Hugall, A., Adams, M., Cooper, S.J.B. & Hutchinson, M. 2007. Genetic elucidation of ancient and cryptic diversity in a group of Australian geckos: the Diplodactylus vittatus complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 77-88
Oliver, P.M., Adams, M., Lee, M.S.Y., Hutchinson, M.N. & Doughty, P. 2009. Cryptic diversity in vertebrates: molecular data double estimates of species diversity in a radiation of Australian lizards (Diplodactylus, Gekkota). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1881 [abstract accessed online]
Oliver, P.M., Hutchinson, M.N. & Cooper, S.J.B. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray and resurrection of Lucasium Wermuth (Gekkota, Diplodactylidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 55: 197-210 (revision)
Oliver, P.M., Hutchinson, M.N. & Cooper, S.J.B. 2011. Corrigendum to: Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray and resurrection of Lucasium Wermuth (Gekkota, Diplodactylidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 59(344-345)
Pepper, M., Doughty, P. & Keogh, J.S. 2006. Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the Australian Diplodactylus stenodactylus (Gekkota, Reptilia) species-group based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes reveals an ancient split between Pilbara and non-Pilbara D. stenodactylus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 539-555
History of changes
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15-Sep-2015 | Diplodactylus Gray, 1832 | 14-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | |
05-Nov-2013 | Diplodactylus Gray, 1832 | 04-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED | |
07-Feb-2024 | 19-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
07-Feb-2024 | 16-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
07-Feb-2024 | 16-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
07-Feb-2024 | 07-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |