Gehyra pulingka

Short description: Species of lizard

Gehyra pulingka

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Family:  | Gekkonidae
Genus:  | Gehyra
Species:  |

G. pulingka

Binomial name
Gehyra pulingka

Hutchinson, Sistrom, Donnellan, & Hutchinson, 2014

Gehyra pulingka (occasionally referred to as the rock-dwelling dtella, and more rarely the Umuwa spotted dtella[2]) is a species of gecko endemic to Australia.[1][3][4][5] It occurs in north-west South Australia,[1][3][4][5] the mid Northern Territory,[6] and Western Australia to the eastern Rawlinson Ranges.[1][4][5] It is described as being generally dark-skinned with a pattern of light and dark markings over its body; however, light-skinned variants with similar patterns have been found.[5]

## Etymology

The species name comes from the Pitjantjatjara language, from the words puli, meaning 'rock' or 'hill', and the suffix of ngka, meaning 'of', or 'pertaining to'.[5]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hutchinson, M.; McDonald, P.; Fenner, A.; Robertson, P. (2018). "Gehyra pulingka". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102795368A102795372. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102795368A102795372.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/102795368/102795372. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
2. ↑ "Distribution of Gehyra pulingka / RepFocus". http://www.repfocus.dk/maps1/TAX/Sauria/Gekkonidae/Gehyra_pulingka_map.html.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gehyra pulingka at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2020-10-06.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Rock-dwelling dtella (Gehyra pulingka) at the Australian Reptile Online Database | AROD.com.au" (in en). http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Gehyra/pulingka.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Taxonomic revision of the Australian arid zone lizards Gehyra variegata and G. montium (Squamata, Gekkonidae) with description of three new species". https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263294883.
6. ↑ "Record: Herpetology:R38829 | Occurrence record | Atlas of Living Australia". https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/6962c762-3bd6-4756-b4e3-ec51e356b9e4.

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