Diplodactylus fulleri
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.[1]
| Diplodactylus fulleri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diplodactylidae |
| Genus: | Diplodactylus |
| Species: | D. fulleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Diplodactylus fulleri Storr, 1978 | |
Etymology
The specific name, fulleri, is in honor of Australian ornithologist Phillip John Fuller.[2]
Geographic range
D. fulleri is found in Western Australia in the vicinity of Lake Disappointment.[1] The type locality given by Storr is "5 km W of the mouth of Savoury Creek".
References
- "Diplodactylus fulleri ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- 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.
- 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).
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