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.[2]
| Diplodactylus fulleri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diplodactylidae |
| Genus: | Diplodactylus |
| Species: | D. fulleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Diplodactylus fulleri Storr, 1978
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Etymology
editThe specific name, fulleri, is in honor of Australian ornithologist Phillip John Fuller.[3]
Geographic range
editD. fulleri is found in Western Australia in the vicinity of Kumpupintil Lake (formerly Lake Disappointment).[2] The type locality given by Storr is "5 km W of the mouth of Savoury Creek".
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of D. fulleri is shrubs near the salt lake.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c "Diplodactylus fulleri ". 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. (Diplodactylus fulleri, p. 95).
Further reading
edit- 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.