Diplodactylus fulleri

Diplodactylus fulleri, sometimes called the Lake Disappointment ground gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia.[1]

Diplodactylus fulleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Diplodactylidae
Genus:	Diplodactylus
Species:	D. fulleri
Binomial name
Diplodactylus fulleri Storr, 1978

Etymology

The specific name, fulleri, is in honor of Australian ornithologist Phillip John Fuller.[2]

Geographic range

D. fulleri is found in Western Australia in the vicinity of Lake Disappointment.[1] The type locality given by Storr is "5 km W of the mouth of Savoury Creek".

References

1. "Diplodactylus fulleri ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
2. 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. (Diplodactylus fulleri, p. 95).

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
• Storr GM (1978). "Seven new gekkonid lizards from Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 6 (3): 337–352. (Diplodactylus fulleri, new species, pp. 345–346, Plate 4).