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Moritz's dtella |
West MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory Photo © Jordan de Jong |
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Gehyra moritzi | ||||||||||
Pronunciation | geh-HY-rah mohr-ITZ-ee | |||||||||
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Etymology |
Gehyra: unknown.
moritzi: "The specific name recognises the contribution of Dr Craig Moritz (Australian National University, Canberra, and University of California, Berkeley) in revealing the high level of karyotypic and morphological diversity among central Australian populations of Gehyra."1 |
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Description | Distribution | Natural history | Conservation | Further information | More photos |
Description"either 7 or 8 divided scansors under the expanded portion of the fourth toe; small to moderate size; generally two pairs of enlarged chin shields; second or third infralabial notched; dorsal colour pattern combining pinkish grey to rufous colouring (in life) patterned entirely by black and whitish spots."1 Similar species
Distinguished from most central Australian species (G. versicolor, G. purpurascens and G. montium) by its strongly white-spotted pattern with dark markings also forming discrete spots rather than wavy lines or continuous networks.1 Taxonomic notes
This species was described by Hutchinson, Sistrom, Donnellan & Hutchinson in 2014.1
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