Strophurus elderi

Strophurus elderi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Diplodactylidae
Genus:	Strophurus
Species:	S. elderi
Binomial name
	Strophurus elderi; (Stirling & Zietz, 1893)
Synonyms
	Diplodactylus elderi ; Stirling & Zietz, 1893; Strophurus elderi ; — Wells & Wellington, 1984; Eremiastrophurus elderi ; — Wells & Wellington, 1985; Eremiastrophurus mahoodi ; Wells & Wellington, 1985; Strophurus elderi ; — Greer, 1989; Strophurus elderi ; — Cogger, 2014;

For the New Zealand species, see jewelled gecko

Strophurus elderi, also known as the jewelled gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, elderi, is in honor of Scottish-Australian philanthropist Thomas Elder.^[3]

^ Shea G, Wilson S, Ellis R, Oliver P (2017). "Strophurus elderi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T102701969A102701981. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/102701969/0 Downloaded on 06 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Strophurus elderi ". 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. (Strophurus elderi, p. 82).

Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
Stirling EC, Zietz A (1893). "[Scientific results of the Elder Exploring Expedition,] Vertebrata". Trans. Roy. Soc. South Australia 16: 154-176. (Diplodactylus elderi, new species, p. 161 + Plate VI, figures 1 & 1a).

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