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(Redirected from Diplodactylus rankini) Species of lizard

Exmouth spiny-tailed gecko
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Strophurus
Species: S. rankini
Binomial name
Strophurus rankini
(Storr, 1979)
Synonyms
  • Diplodactylus rankini
    Storr, 1979
  • Strophurus rankini
    — Wells & Wellington, 1984

The Exmouth spiny-tailed gecko (Strophurus rankini), also known commonly as Rankin's spiny-tailed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Western Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, rankini, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Peter Rankin (1955–1979), who was collecting lizards at night in New Caledonia, when he fell from a tree and died.

Geographic range

S. rankini is found in the Exmouth Gulf region of coastal Western Australia, including Bernier Island.

Habitat

The natural habitat of S. rankini is shrubland in the supralittoral zone.

Description

S. rankini may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.3 cm (2.5 in). The length of the tail is about two-thirds the SVL. Dorsally, S. rankini is pale gray, darker on the snout and lips. Ventrally, it is grayish white.

Reproduction

S. rankini is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Wilson S, Oliver P (2017). "Strophurus rankini ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T102702121A102702182. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102702121A102702182.en. Downloaded on 05 December 2019.
  2. ^ Species Strophurus rankini at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  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. (Strophurus rankini, p. 217).
  4. Storr (1979).

Further reading

  • 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 (1): 051–094.
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Laube A, Langner C (2007). "Die Gattung Strophurus". Draco 8 (29): 49–66. (in German).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Strophurus rankini, p. 115). (in German).
  • Storr GM (1979). "Five new lizards from Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 8 (1): 134–142. (Diplodactylus rankini, new species, pp. 134–136, Plate 1).
  • Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
Taxon identifiers
Strophurus rankini
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