Pseudothecadactylus
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Pseudothecadactylus is a genus of geckos found in various states of Australia
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Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Species of genus Pseudothecadactylus
- Cape York Pad-tail Gecko, Pseudothecadactylus australis (Günther, 1877)
- Pseudothecadactylus cavaticus (Cogger, 1975)
- Giant Cave Gecko, Pseudothecadactylus lindneri (Cogger, 1975)
Further reading
- Cogger, H.G. (1975). New lizards of the genus Pseudothecadactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from Arnhem Land and northwestern Australia. Rec. Austral. Mus. 30: 87-97.
- Cogger, H.G. (1992). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 5th ed. Cornell University Press, Ithaca.
- Rösler, Herbert (1995). Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Urania, Leipzig, 256 pp.
- Smith, L.A. (1989). Taxonomic status of the gecko Pseudothecadactylus lindneri cavaticus Cogger. Rec. W. Austral. Mus. 14: 425-426.