Mount Augustus spiny-tailed gecko
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diplodactylidae |
| Genus: | Strophurus |
| Species: | S. wilsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Strophurus wilsoni (Storr, 1983)
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The Mount Augustus spiny-tailed gecko (Strophurus wilsoni), also known commonly as the Mount Augustus striped gecko and Wilson's spiny-tailed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, wilsoni, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Stephen Karl "Steve" Wilson.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]S. wilsoni is found in western Western Australia.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The natural habitat of S. wilsoni is shrubland.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Wilson, S.; Oliver, P.; How, R.; Doughty, P. (2017). "Strophurus wilsoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T102702826A102702870. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102702826A102702870.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Species Strophurus wilsoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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 wilsoni, p. 288).
Further reading
[edit]- Cogger H (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Ellis RJ, Doughty P, Bauer AM (2018). "An annotated type catalogue of the geckos and pygopods (Squamata: Gekkota: Carphodactylidae, Diplodactylidae, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum". Records of the Western Australian Museum 33: 051–094.
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Strophurus wilsoni, p. 115). (in German).
- Storr GM (1983). "Two new lizards from Western Australia (genera Diplodactylus and Lerista)". Rec. Western Australian Mus. 11 (1): 59–62. (Diplodactylus wilsoni, new species).
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.