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Species profile—Lucasium microplax (southern sandplain gecko)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Diplodactylidae (diplodactylid geckos) → Lucasium microplax (southern sandplain gecko)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Reptilia (reptiles)
Family
Diplodactylidae (diplodactylid geckos)
Scientific name
Lucasium microplax Eastwood, Doughty, Hutchinson, Keogh & Pepper, 2020
Common name
southern sandplain gecko
Type reference
Eastwood, J.A., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M.N. & Pepper, M. (2020). Revision of Lucasium stenodactylus (Boulenger, 1896; Squamata: Diplodactylidae), with the resurrection of L. woodwardi (Fry, 1914) and the description of a new species from south-central Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 35, 63-86.
WildNet taxon ID
427
Synonym(s)
Diplodactylus stenodactylus
Lucasium stenodactylus
Lucasium stenodactylum
Alternate name(s)
crowned gecko
sandplain gecko
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=427.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022