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Diplodactylus fulleri
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Diplodactylidae
Genus:	Diplodactylus
Species:	D. fulleri
Binomial name
Diplodactylus fulleri Storr, 1978

Diplodactylus fulleri, sometimes called the Lake Disappointment ground gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, fulleri, is in honor of Australian ornithologist Phillip John Fuller.

Geographic range

D. fulleri is found in Western Australia in the vicinity of Kumpupintil Lake (formerly Lake Disappointment). The type locality given by Storr is "5 km W of the mouth of Savoury Creek".

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. fulleri is shrubs near the salt lake.

Reproduction

D. fulleri is oviparous.

References

1. ^ Catt G, Moritz C, Doughty P (2017). "Diplodactylus fulleri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: https://dx,doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102673135A102673164.en. Accessed on 15 May 2023.
2. ^ "Diplodactylus fulleri ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
3. 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 fulleri, p. 95).

Further reading

• Cogger HG (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: 51–94. (Diplodactylus fulleri, p. 60).
• Storr GM (1978). "Seven new gekkonid lizards from Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 6 (3): 337–352. (Diplodactylus fulleri, new species, pp. 345–346, Plate 4).
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.

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