Crenadactylus naso Storr 1978
Crenadactylus naso Storr, 1978 Crenadactylus naso species complex Northern clawless geckos Figs. 4 G, 4H, 18, 19 Crenadactylus ocellatus naso Storr, 1978 [‘Kimberley B–G’ of Oliver et al. (2010, 2012b)] Holotype. WAM R56206, adult male, Crystal Creek, Western Australia (14°30'S, 125°47'E),...
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| Summary: | Crenadactylus naso Storr, 1978 Crenadactylus naso species complex Northern clawless geckos Figs. 4 G, 4H, 18, 19 Crenadactylus ocellatus naso Storr, 1978 [‘Kimberley B–G’ of Oliver et al. (2010, 2012b)] Holotype. WAM R56206, adult male, Crystal Creek, Western Australia (14°30'S, 125°47'E), collected by L.A. Smith and R.E. Johnstone, 2 November 1976. Fixed in 10% formalin, stored in 70% ethanol at WAM. Paratypes (8). WAM R41373–74, Heywood Island, Bonaparte Archipelago, WA (15°20'S, 124°20'E); WAM R43220–21, WAM R43224, Mitchell Plateau, WA (14°57'S, 124°20'E); WAM R56185–87, Crystal Creek, WA (14°30'S, 125°47'E). Diagnosis. A small (to 30.7 mm SVL), slender Crenadactylus . Rostral usually in narrow contact with nostril, sometimes excluded (especially in eastern Kimberley), internasals not extending beyond supranasals, gular scales granular, dorsal scales homogeneous and smooth to weakly keeled, 4–8 pre-cloacal pores in contact and forming gradual curve, enlarged tubercles on original tails. Ground colour light grey to dark brown; dorsal pattern consists of weak to well-defined pale and dark longitudinal stripes, dark stripes with scattered single pale scales; lateral zone light grey to tan, ventrum pale grey to off-white, lateral zone and ventrum immaculate to moderately stippled with occasional thin longitudinal lines. Description of holotype. WAM R56206, adult male with the following meristics (in mm) and counts: SVL 26.8; TailL 22.2 (detached, partially regenerated); HeadL 7.7; HeadW 4.1; HeadD 2.5; SnL 3.3; ILL 11.6; SupLab10 (left), 9 (right); InfLab 9, 9; internasals 3; PCP 6. A slender, small-bodied gecko; body elongate, oblong in cross section, ~1.5–2.0 times wider than deep; head narrow (HeadW/HeadL 0.53), elongate (HeadL/SVL 0.28), moderately depressed (HeadD/HeadL 0.32); in dorsal view, widest at ear openings, not wider than widest portion of body; head not distinct from neck, neck weakly constricted; loreal region weakly convex, concave around nasal region; snout elongate (SnL 3.3; SnL/HeadL 0.43), ... |
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