Goldfields spiny-tailed gecko

The Goldfields spiny-tailed gecko (Strophurus assimilis) is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia.[2]

Goldfields spiny-tailed gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Strophurus
Species:
S. assimilis
Binomial name
Strophurus assimilis
(Storr, 1988)
Synonyms[2]
  • Diplodactylus assimilis
    Storr, 1988
  • Strophurus assimilis
    — Wells & Wellington, 1989

Geographic range

S. assimilis is found in the interior of southern Western Australia.[2]

Habitat

The natural habitat of S. assimilis is shrubland[1] in arid and semiarid areas.[2]

Reproduction

S. assimilis is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Wilson, S. (2017). "Strophurus assimilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T102701923A102701934. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102701923A102701934.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Species Strophurus assimilis at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Greer AE (1989). The Biology and Evolution of Australian Lizards. Chipping Norton, New South Wales: Surrey Beatty & Sons. 264 pp. ISBN 978-0949324214.
  • Laube A, Langner C (2007). "Die Gattung Strophurus [=The Genus Strophurus]". Draco 8 (29): 49–66. (in German).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) [= Annotated list of the recent, subrecent and fossil known Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)]". Gekkota 22: 28–153. (Strophurus assimilis, p. 115). (in German).
  • Storr GM (1988). "The Diplodactylus ciliaris complex (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) in Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 14: 121–133. (Diplodactylus assimilis, new species, pp. 128–129, Figure 4).
  • Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.


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