moloch
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Some of you may have read recently about the description of two new geckos from Australia. Here is a link:
Geckos in the spotlight - two new species discovered
One of the newly described geckos lives on the North West Cape near Exmouth, Western Australia. This is a site that I have visited twice in recent years. I went back through my photos and found similar animals so I sent these pics to the Western Australia Museum for identification. The reply was that my photos are indeed the new gecko, Diplodactylus capensis. These animals were formerly considered to be Diplodactylus mitchelli but DNA studies indicated that they are more closely related to animals from further south.
Here are my photos. I have posted these in my Feb07 trip reports but had identified them as Mitchell's Geckos (D. mitchelli) at that time. The geckos are sexually dimorphic in colour and pattern.
Diplodactylus capensis
Female:
Male:
Here is a pic of the sort of habitat where I observed the gecko:
Regards,
David
Geckos in the spotlight - two new species discovered
One of the newly described geckos lives on the North West Cape near Exmouth, Western Australia. This is a site that I have visited twice in recent years. I went back through my photos and found similar animals so I sent these pics to the Western Australia Museum for identification. The reply was that my photos are indeed the new gecko, Diplodactylus capensis. These animals were formerly considered to be Diplodactylus mitchelli but DNA studies indicated that they are more closely related to animals from further south.
Here are my photos. I have posted these in my Feb07 trip reports but had identified them as Mitchell's Geckos (D. mitchelli) at that time. The geckos are sexually dimorphic in colour and pattern.
Diplodactylus capensis
Female:
Male:
Here is a pic of the sort of habitat where I observed the gecko:
Regards,
David
Always interesting to see their are still things to be discovered.
