South-western spiny-tailed gecko

South-western spiny-tailed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Strophurus
Species:
S. spinigerus
Binomial name
Strophurus spinigerus
(Gray, 1842)
Synonyms[2]
  • Diplodactylus spinigerus
    Gray, 1842
  • Strophura spinigera
    — Gray, 1845
  • Phyllodactylus spinigerus
    — A.H.A. Duméril, 1851
  • Diplodactylus strophurus spinigerus
    — Mitchell, 1955
  • Strophurus spinigerus
    — Wells & Wellington, 1984

The south-western spiny-tailed gecko (Strophurus spinigerus), also known commonly as the soft spiny-tailed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Two subspecies are recognized.

Geographic range

S. spinigerus is found in the southwestern part of the Australian state of Western Australia.[1][2]

Habitat

The natural habitats of S. spinigerus are forest and shrubland.[1]

Description

S. spinigerus may attain a total length (including tail) of 11.4 cm (4.5 in). Dorsally, it is olive-grey, speckled with black. It may have a broad zigzag black stripe along the back. The spiny tubercles on the back and tail are black. Ventrally, it is dirty white, either uniform or speckled with black.[3]

Reproduction

S. spinigerus is oviparous.[2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

  • Strophurus spinigerus inornatus (Storr, 1988)
  • Strophurus spinigerus spinigerus (Gray, 1842)

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Strophurus.

References

  1. ^ a b c Cowan, M. (2017). "Strophurus spinigerus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T102702607A102702641. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102702607A102702641.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Species Strophurus spinigerus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Gekkonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Diplodactylus spinigerus, pp. 99–100).

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Gray JE (1842). "Description of some hitherto unrecorded species of Australian Reptiles and Batrachians". Zoological Miscellany 2: 51–57. (Diplodactylus spinigerus, new species, p. 53).
  • Laube A, Langner C (2007). "Die Gattung Strophurus [= The genus Strophurus]". Draco 8 (29): 49–66. (in German).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) [= Annotated list of the recent, subrecent and fossil known Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)]". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Strophurus spinigerus, p. 115). (in German).
  • Storr GM (1988). "The subspecies of Diplodactylus spinigerus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae)". Records of the Western Australian Museum 14 (2): 177–182. (Diplodactylus spinigerus inornatus, new subspecies, pp. 180–182, Figures 3 & 4).
  • Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.


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