Pseudothecadactylus is a genus of geckos found in various states of Australia.[1]

Pseudothecadactylus
Giant cave gecko (Pseudothecadactylus lindneri)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Pseudothecadactylus
Brongersma, 1936

Species

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Three species are recognized as being valid.[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudothecadactylus.

The specific name, lindneri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist David A. Lindner.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b JCVI.org
  2. ^ Genus Pseudothecadactylus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudothecadactylus lindneri, p. 158).

Further reading

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  • Brongersma L (1936). "Herpetological Note XIII". Zoologische Mededelingen 19: 136. (Pseudothecadactylus, new genus).
  • Cogger HG (1975). "New lizards of the genus Pseudothecadactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from Arnhem Land and northwestern Australia". Rec. Australian Mus. 30: 87–97.
  • Cogger HG (1992). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Fifth Edition. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.
  • Rösler, Herbert (1995). Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Leipzig: Urania. 256 pp. (in German).
  • Smith LA (1989). "Taxonomic status of the gecko Pseudothecadactylus lindneri cavaticus Cogger". Rec. W. Australian Mus. 14: 425–426.