The Exmouth spiny-tailed gecko (Strophurus rankini), also known commonly as Rankin's spiny-tailed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Western Australia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diplodactylidae |
| Genus: | Strophurus |
| Species: | S. rankini
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| Strophurus rankini (Storr, 1979)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, rankini, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Peter Rankin (1955–1979), who was collecting lizards at night in New Caledonia, when he fell from a tree and died.[3]
Geographic range
editS. rankini is found in the Exmouth Gulf region of coastal Western Australia, including Bernier Island.[2]
Habitat
editThe natural habitat of S. rankini is shrubland in the supralittoral zone.[1]
Description
editS. rankini may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.3 cm (2.5 in). The length of the tail is about two-thirds the SVL. Dorsally, S. rankini is pale gray, darker on the snout and lips. Ventrally, it is grayish white.[4]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Wilson S, Oliver P (2017). "Strophurus rankini ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T102702121A102702182. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102702121A102702182.en. Downloaded on 05 December 2019.
- ^ a b c d Species Strophurus rankini at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Strophurus rankini, p. 217).
- ^ Storr (1979).
Further reading
edit- Ellis RJ, Doughty P, Bauer AM (2018). "An annotated type catalogue of the geckos and pygopods (Squamata: Gekkota: Carphodactylidae, Diplodactylidae, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum". Records of the Western Australian Museum 33 (1): 051–094.
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Laube A, Langner C (2007). "Die Gattung Strophurus". Draco 8 (29): 49–66. (in German).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Strophurus rankini, p. 115). (in German).
- Storr GM (1979). "Five new lizards from Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 8 (1): 134–142. (Diplodactylus rankini, new species, pp. 134–136, Plate 1).
- Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.