Gehyra pulingka

Species of lizard

Gehyra pulingka

Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Infraorder:  | Gekkota
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

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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

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1. ^ a b c d 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. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
2. ^ "Distribution of Gehyra pulingka / RepFocus". www.repfocus.dk. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
3. ^ a b Gehyra pulingka at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2020-10-06.
4. ^ a b c "Rock-dwelling dtella (Gehyra pulingka) at the Australian Reptile Online Database | AROD.com.au". www.arod.com.au. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
5. ^ a b c d e "Taxonomic revision of the Australian arid zone lizards Gehyra variegata and G. montium (Squamata, Gekkonidae) with description of three new species". Researchgate.net. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
6. ^ "Record: Herpetology:R38829 | Occurrence record | Atlas of Living Australia". biocache.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2020-10-27.

Taxon identifiers

Gehyra pulingka|

* Wikidata: Q18012620
* Wikispecies: Gehyra pulingka
* AFD: Gehyra_pulingka
* CoL: 3FGN4
* GBIF: 9503626
* iNaturalist: 539722
* IUCN: 102795368
* NCBI: 1955238
* Open Tree of Life: 7069058
* RD: pulingka

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