Published November 10, 2020
| Version v1
Journal article
Restricted
Beauty in the eye of the beholder: a new species of gecko (Diplodactylidae Lucasium) from inland north Queensland, Australia
- 1. CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia.
- 2. College of Science & Engineering, James Cook University, Queensland 4811, Australia. & conrad.hoskin@jcu.edu.au; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8116-6085
- 3. Tasmanian Land Conservancy, PO Box 392, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia. & School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia. & akutt@tasland.org.au; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9679-2206
- 4. College of Science & Engineering, James Cook University, Queensland 4811, Australia. & justin.wright1@my.jcu.edu.au; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8530-4905
- 5. College of Science & Engineering, James Cook University, Queensland 4811, Australia. & euprepiosaurus@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3451-3552
Description
Vanderduys, Eric, Hoskin, Conrad J., Kutt, Alex S., Wright, Justin M., Zozaya, Stephen M. (2020): Beauty in the eye of the beholder: a new species of gecko (Diplodactylidae Lucasium) from inland north Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 4877 (2): 291-310, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4877.2.4
Files
Restricted
The record is publicly accessible, but files are restricted to users with access.
Linked records
Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/7906
- LSID
- urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D2155D37-CB4A-43DB-8593-684179AFFF39
- LSID
- urn:lsid:plazi.org:pub:4163FF95B217FF90FFB1EC6FFFBDD942
- URL
- http://publication.plazi.org/id/4163FF95B217FF90FFB1EC6FFFBDD942
References
- Accad, A., Neldner, V.J., Wilson, B.A. & Niehus, R.E. (2008) Remnant Vegetation in Queensland. Analysis of remnant vegetation 1997-1999-2000-2001-2003-2005, including regional ecosystem information. Queensland Herbarium, Environmental Protection Agency, Brisbane, 65 pp.
- ALA. (2020) Atlas of Living Australia: https://bie.ala.org.au/ (accessed 20 January 2020)
- Amey, A.P., Couper, P.J. & Worthington Wilmer, J. (2019) A new species of Lerista Bell, 1833 (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, belonging to the Lerista allanae clade but strongly disjunct from other members of the clade. Zootaxa, 4613 (1), 161-171. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4613.1.9
- Beggs, K., Armstrong, M., Woinarski, J. & Ward, S. (2012) Threatened Species of the Northern Territory, Yellow-snouted Gecko, Lucasium occultum, 3 pp. Available from: https://nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/206458/yellow-snoutedgecko.pdf (accessed 21 October 2020)
- Boulenger, G.A. (1885) Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 1. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. 2nd Edition. British Museum, London, xii + 436 pp.
- Bourke, G., Pratt, R.C., Vanderduys, E. & Moritz, C. (2017) Systematics of a small Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Einasleigh Uplands, Queensland: description of a new range restricted species. Zootaxa, 4231 (1), 85-99. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4231.1.5
- Cogger, H.G. (2014) Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. 7th Edition. Reed Reed New Holland, Sydney, xxx + 1033 pp. https://doi.org/10.1071/9780643109773
- Couper, P.J., Amey, A.P. & Worthington Wilmer, J. (2016) Cryptic diversity within the narrowly endemic Lerista wilkinsi group of north Queensland-two new species (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zootaxa, 4162 (1), 61-91. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4162.1.3
- de Queiroz, K. (2007) Species concepts and species delimitation. Systematic Biology, 56, 879-886. https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150701701083
- DERM. (2009) Biodiversity Planning Assessment, Einasleigh Uplands Bioregion Landscape Expert Panel Report. Version 1.1. Environmental Planning, Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Townsville, 31 pp.
- Doughty, P. (2015) Book Review: Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Seventh Edition. Harold G. Cogger. 2014. Copeia, 103 (4), 1102-1116.
- Doughty, P., Bauer, A.M., Pepper, M. & Keogh, J.S. (2018) Spots before the eyes: revision of the saxicoline geckos of the Gehyra punctata (Squamata: Gekkonidae) species complex in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 33, 1-50. https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.33(1).2018.001-050
- Doughty, P., Ellis, R. & Oliver, P.M. (2016) Many things come in small packages: revision of the clawless geckos (Crenadactylus: Diplodactylidae) of Australia. Zootaxa, 4168 (2), 239-278. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4168.2.2
- Doughty, P. & Hutchinson, M. (2008) A new species of Lucasium (Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from the southern deserts of Western Australia and South Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 25, 95-106. https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.25(1).2008.095-106
- Doughty, P., Palmer, R., Sistrom, M.J., Bauer, A.M. & Donnellan, S. (2012) Two new species of Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) geckos from the north-west Kimberley region of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 27, 117-134. https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.27(2).2012.117-134
- Driscoll, D.A. & Henderson, M.K. (2008) How many common reptile species are fire specialists? A replicated natural experiment highlights the predictive weakness of a fire succession model. Biological Conservation, 141, 460-471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2007.10.016
- Driscoll, D.A., Smith, A.L., Blight, S. & Maindonald, J. (2012) Reptile responses to fire and the risk of post-disturbance sampling bias. Biodiversity and Conservation, 21, 1607-1625. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-012-0267-5
- Gardner, D.E. (1957) Laterite in Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Australia, Record 1957/67, 1-16.
- Hoskin, C.J. (2019) Description of three new velvet geckos (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from inland eastern Australia, and redescription of Oedura monilis De Vis. Zootaxa, 4683 (2), 242-270. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4683.2.4
- Hoskin, C.J. & Couper, P.J. (2015) A new skink (Scincidae: Liburnascincus) from rocky habitat on Cape York, north-east Australia. Zootaxa, 3994 (2), 222-234. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3994.2.3
- Hoskin, C.J., Zozaya, S.M. & Vanderduys, E. (2018) A new species of velvet gecko (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from sandstone habitats of inland north Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa, 4486 (2), 101-114. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4486.2.1
- IUCN. (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland and Cambridge, ii + 30 pp.
- IUCN. (2019) Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 14. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Committee. Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf (accessed 21 October 2020)
- Kearse, M., Moir, R., Wilson, A., Stones-Havas, S., Cheung, M., Sturrock, S., Buxton, S., Cooper, A., Markowitz, S. & Duran, C. (2012) Geneious Basic: an integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data. Bioinformatics, 28, 1647-1649. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bts199
- King, M., Braithwaite, R.W. & Wombey, J.C. (1982) A new species of Diplodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the Alligator Rivers Region, Northern Territory. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 106, 15-18.
- King, M. & Horner, P. (1993) Family Gekkonidae. In: Glasby, C.G., Ross, G.J.B. & Beesley, P.L. (Eds.), Fauna of Australia. Vol. 2A Amphibia and Reptilia. AGPS, Canberra, pp. i-viii + 1-439.
- Kluge, A.G. (1962) A new species of gekkonid lizard, genus Diplodactylus Gray from the southern interior of Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist, 8, 97-101.
- Kluge, A.G. (1967) Systematics, phylogeny and zoogeography of the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray (Gekkonidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 15, 1007-1108. https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9671007
- Lucas, A.H.S. & Frost, C.F. (1896) Further preliminary notice of certain new species of lizards from Central Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 1896, 1-4.
- Melville, J., Date, K.S., Horner, P. & Doughty, P. (2019) Taxonomic revision of dragon lizards in the genus Diporiphora (Reptilia: Agamidae) from the Australian monsoonal tropics. Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 78, 23-55. https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2019.78.02
- NAFI (2020) Northern Australian Fire Information. Vol. 2020. Australian Government. Available from: https://firenorth.org. au/nafi3/ (accessed 21 October 2020)
- Nicholas, M.M., Franklin, D.C. & Bowman, D.M.J.S. (2014) Coexistence of shrubs and grass in a semi-arid landscape: a case study of mulga (Acacia aneura, Mimosaceae) shrublands embedded in fire-prone spinifex (Triodia pungens, Poaceae) hummock grasslands. Australian Journal of Botany, 57, 396-405. https://doi.org/10.1071/BT07157
- Nimmo, D.G., Kelly, L.T., Spence-Bailey, L.M., Watson, S.J., Haslem, A., White, J.G., Clarke, M.F. & Bennett, A.F. (2012) Predicting the century-long post-fire responses of reptiles. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21, 1062-1073. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00747.x
- Oliver, P.M., Ashman, L.G., Bank, S., Laver, R.J., Pratt, R.C., Tedeschi, L.G. & Moritz, C. (2019) On and off the rocks: persistence and ecological diversification in a tropical Australian lizard radiation. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1408-1
- Oliver, P.M., Couper, P.J. & Pepper, M. (2014a) Independent transitions between monsoonal and arid biomes revealed by systematic revison of a complex of Australian geckos (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae). PLoS One, 9, e111895. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111895
- Oliver, P.M., Hugall, A., Adams, M., Cooper, S.J.B. & Hutchinson, M. (2007a) Genetic elucidation of ancient and cryptic diversity in a group of Australian geckos: the Diplodactylus vittatus complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 44, 77-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2007.02.002
- Oliver, P.M., Hutchinson, M.N. & Cooper, S.J.B. (2007b) Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray and resurrection of Lucasium Wermuth (Gekkota, Diplodactylidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 55, 197-210. https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO07008
- Oliver, P.M., Laver, R.J., Melville, J. & Doughty, P. (2014b) A new species of velvet gecko (Oedura: Diplodactylidae) from the limestone ranges of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia. Zootaxa, 3873 (1), 49-61. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3873.1.4
- Oliver, P.M. & Parkin, T. (2014) A new phasmid gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from the Arnhem Plateau: more new diversity in rare vertebrates from northern Australia. Zootaxa, 3878 (1), 37-48. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3878.1.3
- Oliver, P.M., Prasetya, A.M., Tedeschi, L.G., Fenker, J., Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P. & Moritz, C. (2020) Crypsis and convergence: integrative taxonomic revision of the Gehyra australis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Australia. PeerJ, 8, e7971. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7971
- Parsons, S.A., Kutt, A., Vanderduys, E.P., Perry, J.J. & Schwarzkopf, L. (2017) Exploring relationships between native vertebrate biodiversity and grazing land condition. The Rangeland Journal, 39, 25-37. https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ16049
- Pepper, M., Doughty, P. & Keogh, J.S. (2006) Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the Australian Diplodactylus stenodactylus (Gekkota; Reptilia) species-group based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes reveals an ancient split between Pilbara and non-Pilbara D. stenodactylus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 41, 539-555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.028
- Potter, S., Afonso Silva, A.A., Bragg, J.G., Catalano, S.R., Donnellan, S., Doughty, P., Scott, M.L. & Moritz, C. (2019) Contrasting scales of local persistence between monsoonal and arid biomes in closely related, low-dispersal vertebrates. Journal of Biogeography, 46, 2506-2519. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13698
- Reside, A.E., Briscoe, N.J., Dickman, C.R., Greenville, A.C., Hradsky, B.A., Kark, S., Kearney, M.R., Kutt, A.S., Nimmo, D.S., Pavey, C.R., Read, J.L., Ritchie, E.G., Roshier, D., Skroblin, A., Stone, Z., West, M. & Fisher, D.O. (2019) Persistence through tough times: fixed and shifting refuges in threatened species conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation, 28, 1303-1330. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01734-7
- Reside, A.E., Welbergen, J.A., Phillips, B.L., Wardell-Johnson, G.W., Keppel, G., Ferrier, S., Williams, S.E. & Vanderwal, J. (2014) Characteristics of climate change refugia for Australian biodiversity. Austral Ecology, 39, 887-897. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.12146
- Rossiter-Rachor, N.A., Setterfield, S.A., Douglas, M.M., Hutley, L.B., Cook, G.D. & Schmidt, S. (2009) Invasive Andropogon gayanus (gamba grass) is an ecosystem transformer of nitrogen relations in Australian savanna. Ecological Applications, 19, 1546-1560. https://doi.org/10.1890/08-0265.1
- Sattler, P. & Williams, R. (1999) The Conservation Status of Queensland's Bioregional Ecosystems. Environmental Protection Agency, Brisbane, viii + 614 pp.
- Setterfield, S.A., Rossiter-Rachor, N.A., Hutley, L.B., Douglas, M.M. & Williams, R.J. (2010) Turning up the heat: the impacts of Andropogon gayanus (gamba grass) invasion on fire behaviour in northern Australian savannas. Diversity and Distributions, 16, 854-861. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00688.x
- Skipwith, P.L., Bi, K. & Oliver, P.M. (2019) Relicts and radiations: phylogenomics of an Australasian lizard clade with east Gondwanan origins (Gekkota: Diplodactyloidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 140, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106589
- Smith, A.L., Bull, C.M. & Driscoll, D.A. (2013) Successional specialization in a reptile community cautions against widespread planned burning and complete fire suppression. Journal of Applied Ecology, 50, 1178-1186. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12119
- Stamatakis, A. (2014) RAxML version 8: a tool for phylogenetic analysis and post-analysis of large phylogenies. Bioinformatics, 9, 1312-1313. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btu033
- Storr, G.M., Smith, L.A. & Johnstone, R.E. (1990) Lizards of Western Australia III. Geckos and Pygopods. Western Australian Museum, Perth, x + 141 pp.
- Sunnucks, P. & Hales, D.F. (1996) Numerous transposed sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I-II in aphids of the genus Sitobion (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Molecular Biology and Evolution, 13, 510-524. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025612
- Vanderduys, E. (2017) A new species of gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from central Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa, 4347 (2), 316-330. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4347.2.7
- Vanderduys, E.P. (2016) A new species of gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from north Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa, 4117 (3), 341-358. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4117.3.3
- Vanderduys, E.P., Kutt, A.S. & Kemp, J.E. (2012a) Upland savannas: the vertebrate fauna of largely unknown but significant habitat in north-eastern Queensland. Australian Zoologist, 36, 59-74. https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2012.007
- Vanderduys, E.P., Kutt, A.S. & Perkins, G.C. (2012b) A significant range extension for the northern Australian gecko Strophurus taeniatus. Australian Zoologist, 36, 20-21. https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2012.003
- Wilson, S. & Swan, G. (2017) A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia. 5th Edition. Reed New Holland Publishers, Sydney, 647 pp.
- Wright, B.R., Zuur, A.F. & Chan, G.C.K. (2014) Proximate causes and possible adaptive functions of mast seeding and barren flower shows in spinifex grasses (Triodia spp.) in arid regions of Australia. The Rangeland Journal, 36, 297-308. https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ13104
- Zozaya, S.M., Fenker, J. & Macdonald, S.L. (2019) A new species of rock-dwelling gecko (Gekkonidae: Gehyra) from the Mt Surprise region of northern Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa, 4688 (4), 503-518. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4688.4.3