Diplodactylus klugei
Appearance
Diplodactylus klugei | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Diplodactylidae |
Genus: | Diplodactylus |
Species: | D. klugei
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Binomial name | |
Diplodactylus klugei |
Diplodactylus klugei is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, klugei, is in honor of American herpetologist Arnold G. Kluge.[1]
Geographic range
[edit]D. klugei is found in the Australian state of Western Australia.[2]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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 klugei, p. 143).
- ^ a b "Diplodactylus klugei ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
Further reading
[edit]- Aplin KP, Adams M (1998). "Morphological and genetic discrimination of new species and subspecies of gekkonid and scincid lizards (Squamata: Lacertilia) from the Carnarvon Basin region of Western Australia". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 81: 201–223. (Diplodactylus klugei, new species).
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.