Pseudothecadactylus

Pseudothecadactylus is a genus of geckos found in various states of Australia.<ref name="jcvi">JCVI.org</ref>

Species

Three species are recognized as being valid.<ref>Template:EMBL genus. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

• Pseudothecadactylus australis Template:Small – Cape York pad-tail gecko
• Pseudothecadactylus cavaticus Template:Small
• Pseudothecadactylus lindneri Template:Small – giant cave gecko<ref name="jcvi" />

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudothecadactylus.

The specific name, lindneri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist David A. Lindner.<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Pseudothecadactylus lindneri, p. 158).</ref>

Further reading

• Brongersma L (1936). "Herpetological Note XIII". Zoologische Mededelingen 19: 136. (Pseudothecadactylus, new genus).
• Cogger HG (1975). "New lizards of the genus Pseudothecadactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from Arnhem Land and northwestern Australia". Rec. Australian Mus. 30: 87–97.
• Cogger HG (1992). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Fifth Edition. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.
• Rösler, Herbert (1995). Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Leipzig: Urania. 256 pp. (in German).
• Smith LA (1989). "Taxonomic status of the gecko Pseudothecadactylus lindneri cavaticus Cogger". Rec. W. Australian Mus. 14: 425–426.