Diplodactylus fulleri

Diplodactylus fulleri
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Diplodactylidae
Genus:	Diplodactylus
Species:	D. fulleri
Binomial name
Diplodactylus fulleri Storr, 1978

Diplodactylus fulleri, sometimes called the Lake Disappointment ground gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, fulleri, is in honor of Australian ornithologist Phillip John Fuller.[3]

Geographic range

D. fulleri is found in Western Australia in the vicinity of Kumpupintil Lake (formerly Lake Disappointment).[2] The type locality given by Storr is "5 km W of the mouth of Savoury Creek".

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. fulleri is shrubs near the salt lake.[1]

Reproduction

D. fulleri is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Catt G, Moritz C, Doughty P (2017). "Diplodactylus fulleri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: https://dx,doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102673135A102673164.en. Accessed on 15 May 2023.
2. "Diplodactylus fulleri ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Diplodactylus fulleri, p. 95).

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
• Ellis RJ, Doughty P, Bauer AM (2018). "An annotated type catalogue of the geckos and pygopods (Squamata: Gekkota: Carphodactylidae, Diplodactylidae, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum". Records of the Western Australian Museum 33: 51–94. (Diplodactylus fulleri, p. 60).
• Storr GM (1978). "Seven new gekkonid lizards from Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 6 (3): 337–352. (Diplodactylus fulleri, new species, pp. 345–346, Plate 4).
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.