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Bauer, Aaron M., Todd Jackman, R. A. Sadlier, and A. H. (Anthony Hume) Whitaker. "A New Genus and Species of Diplodactylid Gecko (Reptilia: Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from Northwestern New Caledonia." Pacific Science 60, no. 1 (2006): 125–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/psc.2005.0055.

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Laver, Rebecca J., Stuart V. Nielsen, Dan F. Rosauer, and Paul M. Oliver. "Trans-biome diversity in Australian grass-specialist lizards (Diplodactylidae: Strophurus)." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 115 (October 2017): 62–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.07.015.

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BAUER, AARON M., TODD R. JACKMAN, ROSS A. SADLIER, and ANTHONY H. WHITAKER. "Revision of the giant geckos of New Caledonia (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Rhacodactylus)." Zootaxa 3404, no. 1 (July 31, 2012): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3404.1.1.

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We employed a molecular phylogenetic approach using the mitochondrial ND2 gene and five associated tRNAs(tryptophan, alanine, asparagine, cysteine, tyrosine) and the nuclear RAG1 gene to investigate relationships within thediplodactylid geckos of New Caledonia and particularly among the giant geckos, Rhacodactylus, a charismatic group oflizards that are extremely popular among herpetoculturalists. The current generic allocation of species within NewCaledonian diplodactylids does not adequately reflect their phylogenetic relationships. Bavayia madjo, a high-elevationendemic is not closely related to other Bavayia or to members of any other genus and is placed in a new genus, Paniegekkogen. nov. Rhacodactylus is not monophyletic. The small-bodied and highly autapomorphic genus Eurydactylodes isembedded within Rhacodactylus as sister to R. chahoua. Rhacodactylus ciliatus and R. sarasinorum are sister taxa but arenot part of the same clade as other giant geckos and the generic name Correlophus Guichenot is resurrected for them.Remaining New Caledonian giant geckos (R. leachianus, R. trachrhynchus, R. auriculatus) receive weak support as amonophyletic group. Although the monophyly of Rhacodactylus (including Eurydactylodes) exclusive of Correlophuscannot be rejected, our results support the recognition of a R. chahoua + Eurydactylodes clade separate fromRhacodactylus sensu stricto. Because of the distinctiveness of Eurydactylodes from R. chahoua (and other NewCaledonian ‘giant geckos’), we retain this name for the four species to which it has been consistently applied and erect anew genus, Mniarogekko gen. nov. to accommodate R. chahoua. There is little genetic differentiation within the narrowlydistributed Corrrelophis sarasinorum, but C. ciliatus from southern New Caledonia are both genetically andmorphologically differentiated from a recently discovered Correlophus from the Îles Belep, north of the Grande Terre,which is here described as C. belepensis sp. nov. Although only subtley different morphologically, the populations ofMniarogekko from the far northwest of the Grande Terre and from the Îles Belep are strongly differentiated geneticallyfrom M. chahoua populations in the central part of the Grande Terre and are described as M. jalu sp. nov. Rhacodactylusauriculatus exhibits some genetic substructure across its nearly island-wide range in New Caledonia, but overalldivergence is minimal. Rhacodactylus leachianus exhibits low levels of divergence across its range and southern insularforms previously assigned to R. l. henkeli are not divergent from southern Grande Terre populations. The few populationsof R. trachyrhynchus sampled are strongly divergent from one another and a specimen from Îlot Môrô near the Île des Pinsis especially distinctive. This specimen and others examined from Îlot Môrô are morphologically assignable to the speciesdescribed by Boulenger in 1878 as Chameleonurus trachycephalus and is recognized here as a full species. New diagnosesare provided for each of the eight genera of endemic New Caledonian diplodactylid geckos now recognized. The resultsof our study necessitate determinations of the conservation status of the new species described or recognized.Mniarogekko jalu sp. nov. is considered Endangered, but is locally abundant. Correlophus belepensis sp. nov. isconsidered Critically Endangered and is restricted to the ultramafic plateaux of Île Art. Although described from the Îledes Pins, we have only been able to confirm the existence of Rhacodactylus trachycephalus on the tiny satellite island ÎlotMôrô and consider it to be Critically Endangered. If indeed restricted to this islet, R. trachycephalus may well have the smallest range and perhaps the smallest population of any gecko in the world.

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Bauer, Aaron M. "Morphology of the adhesive tail tips of carphodactyline geckos (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae)." Journal of Morphology 235, no. 1 (January 1998): 41–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-4687(199801)235:1<41::aid-jmor4>3.0.co;2-r.

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HUTCHINSON, MARK N., PAUL DOUGHTY, and PAUL M. OLIVER. "Taxonomic revision of the stone geckos (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Diplodactylus) of southern Australia." Zootaxa 2167, no. 1 (July 24, 2009): 25–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2167.1.2.

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The stone geckos of the Diplodactylus vittatus species-group are robust terrestrial geckos, mainly distributed through the southern half of Australia. Recent molecular analyses indicate that the current taxonomy significantly under-represents the true diversity in this group. Here we assess the morphological variation in the currently recognized species D. vittatus and D. granariensis, including the subspecies D. g. rex. We redescribe D. vittatus and D. granariensis, resurrect D. furcosus from the synonymy of D. vittatus and describe D. calcicolus sp. nov. and D. wiru sp. nov. from semiarid habitats in western and southern Australia. Other than D. g. rex, most taxa are very similar for such characters as scalation, body and tail shape and size, but colour patterns show species-specific modal conditions, and the largely allopatric distributions mean that most areas support only one or two species which can be distinguished through a combination of characters. Further genetic data is required to resolve the systematic status and geographic distribution of additional deeply divergent genetic lineages in eastern Australia.

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VANDERDUYS, ERIC. "A new species of gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from central Queensland, Australia." Zootaxa 4347, no. 2 (November 13, 2017): 316. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4347.2.7.

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A new species of diplodactylid gecko in the genus Strophurus Fitzinger, from central Queensland, Australia, is described herein as Strophurus trux sp. nov. It is similar to the recently described Strophurus congoo Vanderduys from north Queensland and apparently shares a habitat preference for Triodia hummock open woodlands. It is notably different from the latter in possessing a vivid yellow to golden eye. It is only known from one small area of the Brigalow Belt Bioregion, although it is expected to occur more widely than the one area in which it has been found. It is likely that it is endemic to the Brigalow Belt Bioregion.

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HOSKIN, CONRAD J., and MEGAN HIGGIE. "A new species of velvet gecko (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from north-east Queensland, Australia." Zootaxa 1788, no. 1 (June 9, 2008): 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1788.1.2.

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We describe a new species of velvet gecko (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from north-east Queensland, Australia. Oedura jowalbinna sp. nov. is a robust, medium-sized (SVL 60–69 mm) gecko that is readily distinguished from its congeners by its distinctive dorsal colour pattern. The dorsum is grey with faint freckling and a pale, dark-edged band across the neck and another across the base of the tail. The combination of a yellow tail and a grey body is also distinctive. Oedura jowalbinna sp. nov. also differs significantly from the most similar congener, O. coggeri, in a multivariate analysis of morphology and scalation, primarily due to its smaller body size, higher interorbital, supralabial and infralabial scale counts, and lower subdigital lamellae scale count. These traits are generally non-overlapping between O. jowalbinna sp. nov. and O. coggeri, however, more individuals of O. jowalbinna sp. nov. need to be assessed to accurately determine variation within the new species. All O. jowalbinna sp. nov. were found at night on overhangs in dissected sandstone escarpment south-west of the town of Laura. Surveys are required to determine the distribution of O. jowalbinna sp. nov. across the sandstone escarpments of the Laura region. This species is the third reptile species (along with the skinks Ctenotus quinkan and C. nullum) described that has a highly localised range centred on the sandstone escarpments of the Laura region. Additionally, included herein is a comparison of O. coggeri and O. monilis. Typical dorsal colour pattern differs between these two species but the large amount of variation (particularly in O. coggeri) merges these differences. Oedura coggeri and O. monilis could not be distinguished in multivariate analyses of morphology and scalation. Genetic data and further analyses of colour pattern, morphology and scalation are required to resolve species boundaries within and between these two species.

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Bauer, Aaron M., Todd R. Jackman, Ross A. Sadlier, Glenn Shea, and Anthony H. Whitaker. "A New Small-Bodied Species of Bavayia (Reptilia: Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from Southeastern New Caledonia1." Pacific Science 62, no. 2 (April 2008): 247–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.2984/1534-6188(2008)62[247:anssob]2.0.co;2.

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Hare, Kelly M., Shirley Pledger, Michael B. Thompson, John H. Miller, and Charles H. Daugherty. "Daily Patterns of Metabolic Rate among New Zealand Lizards (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Diplodactylidae and Scincidae)." Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 79, no. 4 (July 2006): 745–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/504618.

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Riedel, Jendrian, Matthew J. Vucko, Simone P. Blomberg, Simon K. A. Robson, and Lin Schwarzkopf. "Ecological associations among epidermal microstructure and scale characteristics of Australian geckos (Squamata: Carphodactylidae and Diplodactylidae)." Journal of Anatomy 234, no. 6 (March 12, 2019): 853–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joa.12969.

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OLIVER, PAUL M., CHRIS J. JOLLY, PHILLIP L. SKIPWITH, LEONARDO G. TEDESCHI, and GRAEME R. GILLESPIE. "A new velvet gecko (Oedura: Diplodactylidae) from Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory." Zootaxa 4779, no. 3 (May 20, 2020): 438–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4779.3.10.

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Over the last decade, the combination of biological surveys, genetic diversity assessments and systematic research has revealed a growing number of previously unrecognised vertebrate species endemic to the Australian Monsoonal Tropics. Here we describe a new species of saxicoline velvet gecko in the Oedura marmorata complex from Groote Eylandt, a large island off the eastern edge of the Top End region of the Northern Territory. Oedura nesos sp. nov. differs from all congeners in combination of moderate size, and aspects of tail morphology and colouration. It has not been reported from the nearby mainland regions (eastern Arnhem Land) suggesting it may be an insular endemic, although further survey work is required to confirm this. While Groote Eylandt is recognised as a contemporary ecological refuge for declining mammal species of northern Australia, newly detected endemic species suggest it may also be of significance as an evolutionary refuge for many taxa, especially those associated with sandstone escarpments.

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DOUGHTY, PAUL, RYAN J. ELLIS, and PAUL M. OLIVER. "Many things come in small packages: Revision of the clawless geckos (Crenadactylus: Diplodactylidae) of Australia." Zootaxa 4168, no. 2 (September 15, 2016): 239. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4168.2.2.

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Nielsen, Stuart V., Aaron M. Bauer, Todd R. Jackman, Rod A. Hitchmough, and Charles H. Daugherty. "New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59, no. 1 (April 2011): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.12.007.

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Oliver, Paul M., Mark N. Hutchinson, and Steven J. B. Cooper. "Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray and resurrection of Lucasium Wermuth (Gekkota, Diplodactylidae)." Australian Journal of Zoology 55, no. 3 (2007): 197. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo07008.

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Diplodactylid geckos offer a model system for investigating the biogeographic history of Australia and adaptive radiations in the arid zone, but there is considerable uncertainty in the systematics of several key genera. We used sequence data from mitochondrial DNA to carry out a comprehensive analysis of phylogenetic relationships of geckos in the genus Diplodactylus. Parsimony and Bayesian analyses were highly concordant and allocated all species to one of two monophyletic clades, one comprising the species placed in the vittatus and conspicillatus species groups, the other comprising species placed in the stenodactylus and steindachneri species groups, plus D. byrnei, formerly in the vittatus group. The distinctness of these two clades is supported by external morphology of the digits, body and limb proportions, and osteology of the bones in the orbital region, and we use these characters to formally define the two clades as genera. We revive and expand the genus Lucasium for D. byrnei, D. steindachneri and the stenodactylus group, with the other species staying in a redefined Diplodactylus. The monotypic Rhynchoedura is distinct from Lucasium, although the Bayesian mtDNA analysis (but not parsimony) gives some support for a sister-group relationship between Lucasium and Rhynchoedura. Molecular data suggest that each of these clades represents a distinct radiation into semiarid and arid terrestrial habitats during the mid-Tertiary, well before the hypothesised Pliocene onset of major aridification.

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HOSKIN, CONRAD J., STEPHEN M. ZOZAYA, and ERIC VANDERDUYS. "A new species of velvet gecko (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from sandstone habitats of inland north Queensland, Australia." Zootaxa 4486, no. 2 (September 27, 2018): 101. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4486.2.1.

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We describe a new species of velvet gecko (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from the sandstone ranges of central-north Queensland, Australia. Oedura argentea sp. nov. is a medium-sized (SVL 61–80 mm) gecko that is distinguished from its congeners by a combination of its relatively small size, a pattern of 5–6 dark-edged pale transverse bands from neck to pelvis, a silvery iris, a slender tail, a single cloacal spur, and in possessing 14–22 pre-cloacal pores in males. Oedura argentea sp. nov. is a sandstone specialist currently known only from the Gregory Range and nearby sandstone outcropping at Bulleringa National Park. Further surveys are required to determine the limits of distribution through this region. Oedura argentea sp. nov. is the fifth described species of Oedura in north-eastern Queensland. We also assess the name O. fracticolor De Vis, 1884 because it is an unresolved name pertaining to this general region. Based on colour-pattern and locality in the original description, we conclude that O. fracticolor is a senior synonym of O. castelnaui (Thominot, 1889); however, we propose that priority be overturned under Articles 23.9.1.1 and 23.9.1.2 of the ICZN (1999) and that the name O. fracticolor be regarded as nomen oblitum and O. castelnaui a nomen protectum.

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Oliver, Paul M., Aaron M. Bauer, Eli Greenbaum, Todd Jackman, and Tara Hobbie. "Molecular phylogenetics of the arboreal Australian gecko genus Oedura Gray 1842 (Gekkota: Diplodactylidae): Another plesiomorphic grade?" Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63, no. 2 (May 2012): 255–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.12.013.

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Barton, Diane P., Paolo Martelli, William Luk, Xiaocheng Zhu, and Shokoofeh Shamsi. "Infection of Hexametra angusticaecoides Chabaud & Brygoo, 1960 (Nematoda: Ascarididae) in a population of captive crested geckoes, Correlophus ciliatus Guichenot (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae)." Parasitology 147, no. 6 (February 12, 2020): 673–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182020000219.

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AbstractHere we report on the infection of captive crested geckos Correlophus ciliatus Guichenot (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae), with adults of the ascaridoid nematode, Hexametra angusticaecoides Chabaud & Brygoo, 1960 (Ascarididae). A population of captive crested geckoes became ill and died within a short period of time. Nematodes were recovered from the crested geckoes examined from within the coelomic cavity, penetrating various organs and migrating through subcutaneous tissues, as well as emerging through the geckos' skin. One gecko was treated with levamisole following surgical excision of nematodes from under the skin; this gecko survived. The potential source of the nematode infection in the captive geckoes is discussed. It is most likely that wild-caught Madagascan mossy geckoes, Uroplatus sikorae Boettger (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), introduced the infection to the colony. Molecular sequences of the nematodes are the first produced for the members of this genus. A redescription of the species and its genetic characterization based on the internal transcribed spacer sequence data is provided, suggesting some of the morphological criteria that have been used in the past to distinguish between Hexametra spp. may have been intraspecific morphological variations.

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Russell, Anthony P., and Aaron M. Bauer. "The morphology of the digits of the golden gecko, Calodactylodes aureus and its implications for the occupation of rupicolous habitats." Amphibia-Reptilia 10, no. 2 (1989): 125–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853889x00160.

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AbstractThe recent rediscovery of the golden gecko, Calodactylodes aureus, after more than 100 years, has given occasion to reconsider both its phylogenetic position amongst the gekkonine geckos and the functional aspects of its subdigital pads. The morphology of these pads and the anatomical basis of their control suggests that Afroedura among a grouping of gekkonine geckos with phenetically similar digits, shows the greatest structural similarity to Calodactylodes. Available data do not support a robust hypothesis of actual relationship between these two genera, but if relationship is not the underlying dictator of the similarity seen, the degree of convergence is remarkable. The general similarity in digital form of those genera possessing terminal, leaf-like scansors, both in the Gekkoninae and Diplodactylinae, appears to be associated with rupicolous habitats and indicates an evolutionary pathway by which more extensive climbing pads may have arisen. It is likely that this morphotypic pathway has been followed independently by several lineages of gekkonine and diplodactyline geckos.

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Doughty, Paul, and Mark N. Hutchinson. "A new species of Lucasium (Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from the southern deserts of Western Australia and South Australia." Records of the Western Australian Museum 25, no. 1 (2008): 95. http://dx.doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.25(1).2008.095-106.

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Oliver, Paul M., Mark N. Hutchinson, and Steven J. B. Cooper. "Corrigendum to: Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray and resurrection of Lucasium Wermuth (Gekkota, Diplodactylidae)." Australian Journal of Zoology 59, no. 5 (2011): 344. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo07008_co.

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Diplodactylid geckos offer a model system for investigating the biogeographic history of Australia and adaptive radiations in the arid zone, but there is considerable uncertainty in the systematics of several key genera. We used sequence data from mitochondrial DNA to carry out a comprehensive analysis of phylogenetic relationships of geckos in the genus Diplodactylus. Parsimony and Bayesian analyses were highly concordant and allocated all species to one of two monophyletic clades, one comprising the species placed in the vittatus and conspicillatus species groups, the other comprising species placed in the stenodactylus and steindachneri species groups, plus D. byrnei, formerly in the vittatus group. The distinctness of these two clades is supported by external morphology of the digits, body and limb proportions, and osteology of the bones in the orbital region, and we use these characters to formally define the two clades as genera. We revive and expand the genus Lucasium for D. byrnei, D. steindachneri and the stenodactylus group, with the other species staying in a redefined Diplodactylus. The monotypic Rhynchoedura is distinct from Lucasium, although the Bayesian mtDNA analysis (but not parsimony) gives some support for a sister-group relationship between Lucasium and Rhynchoedura. Molecular data suggest that each of these clades represents a distinct radiation into semiarid and arid terrestrial habitats during the mid-Tertiary, well before the hypothesised Pliocene onset of major aridification.

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VANDERDUYS, ERIC. "A new species of gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from north Queensland, Australia." Zootaxa 4117, no. 3 (June 1, 2016): 341. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4117.3.3.

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Oliver, Paul M., Paul Doughty, and Russell Palmer. "Hidden biodiversity in rare northern Australian vertebrates: the case of the clawless geckos (Crenadactylus, Diplodactylidae) of the Kimberley." Wildlife Research 39, no. 5 (2012): 429. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr12024.

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Context The phylogenetic diversity and biogeography of most animal and plant lineages endemic to the Australian Monsoonal tropics remains poorly understood. Of particular note (and in contrast to many other tropical regions in both Australia and elsewhere) is the current paucity of evidence for diverse endemic radiations of restricted-range taxa. Aims To use recently collected material from major surveys of the Kimberley Islands, Western Australia, to expand on a previous study that provided preliminary evidence of very high levels of geographically structured phylogenetic diversity in a lineage of tiny geckos (Crenadactylus). Methods Mitochondrial (ND2) and nuclear (RAG-1) sequence data were used to estimate the relationships, phylogenetic diversity and timescale of diversification of all populations of Crenadactylus from northern Australia from which samples for genetic analysis were available. Key results In striking contrast to the two subspecies currently recognised in the Kimberley, our analyses confirm the existence of a notable diversity of highly divergent and apparently allopatric lineages within the Kimberley, including at least 10 that are estimated to date to the late Pliocene/early Miocene (or earlier) and seven that we recognise as candidate new species. Most of this diversity is concentrated in the high-rainfall zone along the western edge of the Kimberley. Key conclusions A growing number of genetic datasets are revealing northern Australian vertebrate clades characterised by the juxtaposition of deeply divergent and highly geographically structured genetic diversity on the one hand, and major geographic gaps in sampling that impede full assessment of the distribution and taxonomic significance of this diversity on the other. Implications There is a pressing need for further surveys, voucher material and phylogenetic analyses to allow us to properly understand the diversity, biogeography and conservation needs of the northern Australian biota.

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Oliver, Paul M., Mark Adams, and Paul Doughty. "Molecular evidence for ten species and Oligo-Miocene vicariance within a nominal Australian gecko species (Crenadactylus ocellatus, Diplodactylidae)." BMC Evolutionary Biology 10, no. 1 (2010): 386. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-386.

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Michael, Damian R., and David B. Lindenmayer. "Diplodactylus tessellatus Gunther, 1875 (Squamata: Diplodactylidae), Parasuta dwyeri Greer, 2006 and Suta suta Peters, 1863 (Squamata: Elapidae): distribution extension in the Murray catchment of New South Wales, South-eastern Australia." Check List 7, no. 5 (September 1, 2011): 578. http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/7.5.578.

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We present new records of the Diplodactylid lizard Diplodactylus tessellatus and Elapid snakes Parasuta dwyeri and Suta suta for the Murray Catchment Management Area of New South Wales, south-eastern Australia. These records extend the distribution of these species by approximately 55 km and 45 km south-eastward (D. tessellatus and S. suta respectively) and 74 km north-westward (P. dwyeri).

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Bauer, Aaron M., Ross A. Sadlier, Todd R. Jackman, and Glenn Shea. "A New Member of the Bavayia cyclura Species Group (Reptilia: Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from the Southern Ranges of New Caledonia." Pacific Science 66, no. 2 (April 2012): 239–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.2984/66.2.10.

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Oliver, Paul M., Patrick J. Couper, and Mitzy Pepper. "Independent Transitions between Monsoonal and Arid Biomes Revealed by Systematic Revison of a Complex of Australian Geckos (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae)." PLoS ONE 9, no. 12 (December 10, 2014): e111895. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111895.

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KNOX, CAREY, RODNEY A. HITCHMOUGH, STUART V. NIELSEN, TONY JEWELL, and TRENT BELL. "A new, enigmatic species of black-eyed gecko (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Mokopirirakau) from North Otago, New Zealand." Zootaxa 4964, no. 1 (April 21, 2021): 140–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4964.1.7.

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The New Zealand endemic gecko genus, Mokopirirakau, is notable for its ecology, with some species inhabiting extreme alpine environments, as well as for the large number of geographically circumscribed, species-level lineages awaiting formal description. In, 2018, a population superficially similar in colour and morphology to the black-eyed gecko (M. kahutarae) was discovered in alpine greywacke rock outcrops in the Oteake Conservation Park, North Otago, ~400 km south of the nearest M. kahutarae populations in the upper South Island. Genetic and morphological data indicate that this population is distinct, sister to a clade comprising M. granulatus and M. kahutarae. It can be distinguished from all but one Mokopirirakau species by colour pattern, and from M. kahutarae by smaller adult body size, eye and supraciliary characters, mouth and throat colour, ventral scale row count, tail length, toe shape, and lamellar count. Using an integrated taxonomic approach, we here formally describe this form as a new species, M. galaxias sp. nov., as well as discuss its ecology, likely distribution (particularly with respect to M. kahutarae), and potential conservation issues and requirements. Mokopirirakau galaxias sp. nov. should be considered “Threatened—Nationally Endangered” (qualifiers Data Poor) in the New Zealand Threat Classification System due to the low abundance and restricted known distribution, with potential threats from invasive predatory mammals and climate change. It should be considered Data Deficient in the IUCN Red List system.

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Nielsen, Stuart V., Paul M. Oliver, Rebecca J. Laver, Aaron M. Bauer, and Brice P. Noonan. "Stripes, jewels and spines: further investigations into the evolution of defensive strategies in a chemically defended gecko radiation (Strophurus, Diplodactylidae)." Zoologica Scripta 45, no. 5 (May 18, 2016): 481–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12181.

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COUPER, PATRICK J., and PAUL M. OLIVER. "A new species of gecko from arid inland regions of eastern Australia (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae)." Zootaxa 4093, no. 4 (March 24, 2016): 525. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4093.4.4.

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Couper, Patrick J., Ross A. Sadlier, Glenn M. Shea, and Jessica Worthington Wilmer. "A reassessment of Saltuarius swaini (Lacertilia: Diplodactylidae) in southeastern Queensland and New South Wales; two new taxa, phylogeny, biogeography and conservation." Records of the Australian Museum 60, no. 1 (June 25, 2008): 87–118. http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.60.2008.1492.

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HITCHMOUGH, RODNEY A., STUART V. NIELSEN, and AARON M. BAUER. "Earning your stripes: a second species of striped gecko in the New Zealand gecko genus Toropuku (Gekkota: Diplodactylidae)." Zootaxa 4890, no. 4 (December 4, 2020): 578–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4890.4.9.

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The New Zealand diplodactylid gecko genus Toropuku is currently monotypic, but the sole member of the genus, T. stephensi, is distributed in two disjunct, geographically distant regions of New Zealand – the islands of Cook Strait (which includes the type locality, Stephens Island), between New Zealand’s North and South Islands, and the Coromandel Peninsula, in the northeastern North Island. Previously published phylogenetic results, based on three total individuals, recognized substantial—possibly species-level—diversity between these disparate localities, although no taxonomic decisions were made at that time. More recently, additional animals have been found on the Coromandel Peninsula. We here present phylogenetic and morphological evidence based on this expanded dataset to formally describe the populations on the Coromandel Peninsula as a new species, Toropuku inexpectatus sp. nov. The specific epithet refers to the species’ surprise discovery in a herpetologically well-surveyed area. The recognition of T. inexpectatus sp. nov. as a distinct species has implications for the conservation status of T. stephensi, which is now considered restricted to three islands in Cook Strait.

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Bell, Trent P., and Sarah M. Herbert. "Establishment of a Self-Sustaining Population of a Long-Lived, Slow-Breeding Gecko Species (Diplodactylidae: Hoplodactylus duvaucelii) Evident 15 Years after Translocation." Journal of Herpetology 51, no. 1 (March 2017): 37–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1670/15-106.

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BROWN, DANNY, JESSICA WORTHINGTON WILMER, and STEWART MACDONALD. "A revision of Strophurus taenicauda (Squamata; Diplodactylidae) with the description of two new subspecies from central Queensland and a southerly range extension." Zootaxa 3243, no. 1 (March 22, 2012): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3243.1.1.

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The Golden-tailed Gecko, Strophurus taenicauda (De Vis 1886), is redescribed and two new subspecies from centralQueensland are diagnosed on the basis of scalation, colour pattern and genetic differences. The distribution of S. t. taeni-cauda comprises the south-eastern part of the Queensland Brigalow Belt bioregion. Strophurus taenicauda albiocularisssp. nov. occupies the northern half of the range whilst S. taenicauda triaureus ssp. nov. has a limited range in the centraleastern part of the Brigalow Belt. The two new subspecies are predominantly inhabitants of Eucalyptus woodlands andare not as restricted to Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) woodlands as S. t. taenicauda. A single record of the nominate subspecies from northern New South Wales is also reported, extending the range of the species by >250km.

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OLIVER, PAUL M., REBECCA J. LAVER, JANE MELVILLE, and PAUL DOUGHTY. "A new species of Velvet Gecko (Oedura: Diplodactylidae) from the limestone ranges of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia." Zootaxa 3873, no. 1 (October 14, 2014): 49. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3873.1.4.

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Good, D. A., A. M. Bauer, and R. A. Sadlier. "Allozyme Evidence for the Phylogeny of Giant New Caledonian Geckos (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Rhacodactylus), with Comments on the Status of R. leachianus henkeli." Australian Journal of Zoology 45, no. 3 (1997): 317. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo96036.

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The phylogenetic analysis of allozyme characters within the New Caledonian giant geckos, genus Rhacodactylus, yields a pattern of relationships that is largely congruent with that derived from morphological data. A ‘total evidence’ approach, incorporating 13 allozyme and 29 morphological characters, yields a single most-parsimonious tree with the pattern: R. auriculatus ((R. leachainus (R. ciliatus, R. chahoua)) (R. sarasinorum, R. trachyrhynchus)). A phenetic analysis based on Nei’s genetic distance data results in a similar branching pattern. The genus Pseudothecadactylus is tentatively regarded as valid because allozyme data conflict strongly with morphological data that suggest that these geckos evolved from within Rhacodactylus. Allozymes and available morphological data do not support the recognition of the recently described subspecies R. leachianus henkeli.

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VANDERDUYS, ERIC, CONRAD J. HOSKIN, ALEX S. KUTT, JUSTIN M. WRIGHT, and STEPHEN M. ZOZAYA. "Beauty in the eye of the beholder: a new species of gecko (Diplodactylidae: Lucasium) from inland north Queensland, Australia." Zootaxa 4877, no. 2 (November 10, 2020): 291–310. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4877.2.4.

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The Einasleigh Uplands bioregion of central north Queensland, Australia, harbours a unique suite of reptiles that have begun to receive significant attention in the last 20 years. This has resulted in a number of new reptile species being described, and recognition that others await description. We describe a new species of Lucasium Wermuth, 1965 from the western Einasleigh Uplands. Lucasium iris sp. nov. is genetically distinct and morphologically diagnosable from all congeners by its large size, long and narrow tail, nares in contact with rostral scale, homogeneous body scales, distinct vertebral stripe, and paired, enlarged, apical subdigital lamellae. It is known from low rocky hills in a localised area of the Gregory Range, has the most restricted known distribution of any Lucasium, and is the only Lucasium endemic to Queensland. The new species appears most closely related to L. steindachneri (Boulenger, 1885), based on mitochondrial DNA sequences, but has a colour-pattern more similar to L. immaculatum Storr, 1988. All three of these species occur in the Einasleigh Uplands, but only L. steindachneri is known to occur in sympatry with L. iris sp. nov. In addition to the description of the new species, we present records of Lucasium immaculatum from the Einasleigh Uplands, which represent a significant known range extension.

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HOSKIN, CONRAD J. "Description of three new velvet geckos (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from inland eastern Australia, and redescription of Oedura monilis De Vis." Zootaxa 4683, no. 2 (October 8, 2019): 242–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4683.2.4.

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Inland eastern Australia has a complex array of habitats, driven by variation in topography, geology and moisture. This broad region is relatively poorly surveyed compared to coastal eastern Australia and likely contains significant numbers of undescribed reptiles. Oedura monilis is found through much of this region but has been shrouded in taxonomic uncertainty since its original description. Here I assess variation across the range of ‘O. monilis’ and show that it consists of two species: a widespread species in the northern half of the range and a widespread species in the southern half of the range. These two species are readily diagnosed by colour pattern and aspects of shape and scalation. I show that the name O. monilis applies to the northern species. I also show that the name O. attenboroughi Wells & Wellington applies to the northern populations, making it a junior synonym of O. monilis. I describe the southern widespread species as Oedura elegans sp. nov.. I also describe two new, highly localised species from inland eastern Queensland that are allied to O. monilis: Oedura picta sp. nov. from a rocky range in the Moranbah–Dysart region, and Oedura lineata sp. nov. from brigalow forest remnants in the Arcadia Valley. These two species are distinct for colour pattern and aspects of size, shape and scalation. Oedura lineata sp. nov. has a very small and fragmented range, and is restricted to a highly threatened habitat type. It therefore warrants conservation attention. I also provide more detailed diagnoses for O. coggeri Bustard and O. tryoni De Vis, and demonstrate that the name O. ocellata Boulenger is a junior synonym of O. tryoni.

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Doughty, Paul, and Paul M. Oliver. "Systematics of Diplodactylus (Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot: redefinition of D. polyophthalmus and the description of two new species." Records of the Western Australian Museum 28, no. 1 (2013): 44. http://dx.doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.28(1).2013.044-065.

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Ellis, Ryan J., Paul Doughty, and Aaron M. Bauer. "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, no. 1 (2018): 51. http://dx.doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.33(1).2018.051-094.

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OLIVER, PAUL M., and TOM PARKIN. "A new phasmid gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from the Arnhem Plateau: more new diversity in rare vertebrates from northern Australia." Zootaxa 3878, no. 1 (October 22, 2014): 37. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3878.1.3.

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Werner, Yehudah L., Amos Bouskila, S. J. J. F. Davies, and N. Werner. "Observations and Comments on Active Foraging in Geckos." Russian Journal of Herpetology 4, no. 1 (October 15, 2011): 34–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-1997-4-1-34-39.

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The Gekkonidae (Diplodactylinae and Gekkoninae) have traditionally been considered «sit and wait» predators. Recent literature shows that some species use a more active, or a mixed, foraging strategy. This report adds occasional observations in Australia, of cases of apparent «widely foraging» practice by individuals of Diplodactylus ciliaris, D. stenodactylus, Oedura marmorata, and Rhynchoedura ornata (Diplodactylinae), and Gehyra punctata, G. variegata, and Heteronotia binoei (Gekkoninae).

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Doughty, Paul, Paul Oliver, and Mark Adams. "Systematics of stone geckos in the genus Diplodactylus (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae) from northwestern Australia, with a description of a new species from the Northwest Cape, Western Australia." Records of the Western Australian Museum 24, no. 3 (2008): 247. http://dx.doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.24(3).2008.247-265.

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Eastwood, Jack A., Paul Doughty, Mark N. Hutchinson, and Mitzy Pepper. "Revision of Lucasium stenodactylus (Boulenger, 1896; Squamata: Diplodactylidae), with the resurrection of L. woodwardi (Fry, 1914) and the description of a new species from south-central Australia." Records of the Western Australian Museum 35, no. 1 (2020): 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.35.2020.063-086.

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King, M. "Chromosomal Evolution in the Diplodactylinae (Gekkonidae, Reptilia) .1. Evolutionary Relationships and Patterns of Change." Australian Journal of Zoology 35, no. 5 (1987): 507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo9870507.

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A chromosomal analysis of 47 species of diplodactyline gekkos indicates that these are a monophyletic assemblage derived from a 2n = 38 acrocentric ancestral karyotype. Four major clades are present, the first possessing the ancestral karyotype. The remainder are defined by the possession of a series of shared derived chromosomal rearrangements, or by the type of chromosome change. The first of these derived clades includes the subgenus Strophurus, which has five fixed, presumed pericentric inversion differences. The second includes members of the D. vittatus species group. Here, a number of chromosome fusions have been established which appear to have been associated with speciation. The third derived clade is distinguished by 19 fixed, presumed pericentric inversions, and includes the genera, Oedura, Rhacodactylus, Bavayia, Pseudothecadactylus, Carphodactylus and Hoplodactylus. It is argued that the 2n=38 acrocentric karyotype common to many of the species is the ancestral karyomorph, and the modifications of this format have been achieved by both chromosome fusion and pericentric inversion. The decision that this is the ancestral karyomorph was based on its dominance in extant species; the fact that similar karyotypes are present in other gekkonid subfamilies (effective out-groups), that 2n =38 all acrocentric ancestral karyotypes are also found in some other lizard families, and that such a diversity of rearrangements was established, provide arguments against any other viable ancestral format. Two discrete modes of chromosomal repatterning are found in the Diplodactylinae: the fixation of presumptive multiple pericentric inversions, producing a karyomorph which characterises large groups of species; and the fixation of fusion or presumptive inversion differences which distinguish individual species or chromosome races. The latter appear to have been associated with speciation. It is clear that in certain groups, such as the Strophurus species group (the members of which all share a derived karyomorph defined by the presence of five inverted chromosomes), speciation has proceeded without gross chromosomal rearrangements.

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OLIVER, PAUL M., and PAUL DOUGHTY. "Systematic revision of the marbled velvet geckos (Oedura marmorata species complex, Diplodactylidae) from the Australian arid and semi-arid zones." Zootaxa 4088, no. 2 (March 8, 2016): 151. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4088.2.1.

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Russell, Anthony P., and Tony Gamble. "Evolution of the Gekkotan Adhesive System: Does Digit Anatomy Point to One or More Origins?" Integrative and Comparative Biology 59, no. 1 (April 27, 2019): 131–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/icz006.

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Abstract Recently-developed, molecularly-based phylogenies of geckos have provided the basis for reassessing the number of times adhesive toe-pads have arisen within the Gekkota. At present both a single origin and multiple origin hypotheses prevail, each of which has consequences that relate to explanations about digit form and evolutionary transitions underlying the enormous variation in adhesive toe pad structure among extant, limbed geckos (pygopods lack pertinent features). These competing hypotheses result from mapping the distribution of toe pads onto a phylogenetic framework employing the simple binary expedient of whether such toe pads are present or absent. It is evident, however, that adhesive toe pads are functional complexes that consist of a suite of integrated structural components that interact to bring about adhesive contact with the substratum and release from it. We evaluated the competing hypotheses about toe pad origins using 34 features associated with digit structure (drawn from the overall form of the digits; the presence and form of adhesive scansors; the proportions and structure of the phalanges; aspects of digital muscular and tendon morphology; presence and form of paraphalangeal elements; and the presence and form of substrate compliance-enhancing structures). We mapped these onto a well-supported phylogeny to reconstruct their evolution. Nineteen of these characters proved to be informative for all extant, limbed geckos, allowing us to assess which of them exhibit co-occurrence and/or clade-specificity. We found the absence of adhesive toe pads to be the ancestral state for the extant Gekkota as a whole, and our data to be consistent with independent origins of adhesive toe pads in the Diplodactylidae, Sphaerodactylidae, Phyllodactylidae, and Gekkonidae, with a strong likelihood of multiple origins in the latter three families. These findings are consistent with recently-published evidence of the presence of adhesively-competent digits in geckos generally regarded as lacking toe pads. Based upon morphology we identify other taxa at various locations within the gekkotan tree that are promising candidates for the expression of the early phases of adhesively-assisted locomotion. Investigation of functionally transitional forms will be valuable for enhancing our understanding of what is necessary and sufficient for the transition to adhesively-assisted locomotion, and for those whose objectives are to develop simulacra of the gekkotan adhesive system for biotechnological applications.

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King, M. "Monophyleticism and Polyphyleticism in the Gekkonidae - a Chromosomal Perspective." Australian Journal of Zoology 35, no. 6 (1987): 641. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo9870641.

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Kluge (1967, 1983) proposed that the four subfamilies within the Gekkonidae were monophyletic assemblages, but that the Gekkoninae could be divided into two tribes on the basis of hyoid apparatus structure. Whilst agreeing that four subfamilies were present in the Gekkonidae, Moffatt (1973) argued that those groups of non-Eublepharine gekkos which remained after the differentiation of the Diplo- dactylinae and Sphaerodactylinae, and which had not become sufficiently distinct to be classified into separate subfamilies, had been lumped together as the Gekkoninae. Subsequently, Russell (1976, 1979) found that at least seven distinct groups could be defined within the Gekkoninae on the basis of toe structure. In the present paper I compare chromosomal evolution in the monophyletic Diplodactylinae and that in the possibly polyphyletic Gekkoninae, to test whether the tribal subdivision made by Kluge (1983) is valid, or whether this is a far more heterogeneous group as Russell and Moffatt proposed. The chromosomal data from 47 of the 92 species show that the Diplodactylinae have evolved from a 2n = 38 all acrocentric ancestral karyotype by the processes of pericentric inversion and centric fusion. In contrast, an analysis of 74 species from the Gekkoninae shows that eight distinct putative ancestral karyomorphs are present, 2n=32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46, each of which is acrocentric or telocentric. Numerous fusions, inversions, additions and tandem fusions have occurred within each of these categories. These data suggest that the Gekkoninae are a polyphyletic assemblage, and group comparisons indicate that there is some agreement with the morphogroups proposed by Russell (1976).

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Lee, Michael S. Y., Mark N. Hutchinson, Trevor H. Worthy, Michael Archer, Alan J. D. Tennyson, Jennifer P. Worthy, and R. Paul Scofield. "Miocene skinks and geckos reveal long-term conservatism of New Zealand's lizard fauna." Biology Letters 5, no. 6 (August 5, 2009): 833–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0440.

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The New Zealand (NZ) lizard fossil record is currently limited to late Quaternary remains of modern taxa. The St Bathans Fauna (early Miocene, southern South Island) extends this record to 19–16 million years ago (Myr ago). Skull and postcranial elements are similar to extant Oligosoma (Lygosominae) skinks and Hoplodactylus (Diplodactylinae) geckos. There is no evidence of other squamate groups. These fossils, along with coeval sphenodontines, demonstrate a long conservative history for the NZ lepidosaurian fauna, provide new molecular clock calibrations and contradict inferences of a very recent (less than 8 Myr ago) arrival of skinks in NZ.

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King, M., and G. Mengden. "Chromosomal Evolution in the Diplodactylinae (Gekkonidae, Reptilia) .2. Chromosomal Variability Between New Caledonian Species." Australian Journal of Zoology 38, no. 2 (1990): 219. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo9900219.

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The karotypes of six species of New Caledonian gekkos from the genera Rhacodactylus and Bavayia are described. The chromosomes of R. auriculatus, R. sarasinorum and B. sauvagei share a highly derived biarmed 2n=38 karyomorph, which is common to species from both New Zealand and Australia and is believed to be a relic from a previous Gondwanaland distribution. In contrast, R. leachianus, B. crassicollis and B. montana have karyotypes further modified from this karyomorph by a series of presumed pericentric inversions. This chromosomal repatterning appears to have been associated with the speciation of this complex. A chromosomal perspective on Kluge's (1987) recent reclassification of the Diplodactylinae is also provided and discussed.

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HITCHMOUGH, RODNEY A., STUART V. NIELSEN, JUDITH A. LYSAGHT, and AARON M. BAUER. "A new species of Naultinus from the Te Paki area, northern New Zealand." Zootaxa 4915, no. 3 (January 22, 2021): 389–400. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4915.3.7.

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We describe a new species of the New Zealand diplodactylid gecko genus Naultinus. Molecular phylogenetics and distinctive morphological features support taxonomic separation of the populations on the northern half of Aupori Peninsula in the far north of the North Island as a new species, Naultinus flavirictus sp. nov. The specific epithet refers to the diagnostic yellow colour at the corners of the mouth. We discuss the conservation status of and threats to this novel taxon and to Te Paki, Northland—the unique area of New Zealand where it is found. We further discuss the distribution and possible function of bright mouth colour within Naultinus.

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