Gehyra multiporosa

Taxonavigation

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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

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  • 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

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  • 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.