Gehyra multiporosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gehyra
Species: Gehyra multiporosa

Name

• Gehyra multiporosa Doughty, Palmer, Sistrom, Bauer & Donnellan, 2012

Holotype: WAM R167804* (male), on 9 January 2007 by P. Doughty and C.A. Stevenson.

Type locality: Australia: Western Australia, Surveyors Pool, Mitchell Plateau (14.6733°S; 125.7322°E).

Etymology: Derived from multi (Latin) meaning many and porus (Latinized from the Greek poros) meaning hole, in reference to the precloacal pores; thus, many-pored in reference to the diagnostic character compared to its sister species G. occidentalis.

References

• Doughty, Paul;, Russell Palmer, Mark J. Sistrom, Aaron M. Bauer & Stephen C. Donnellan, 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. PDF.