Pseudothecadactylus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Pygopodomorpha

Familia: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Pseudothecadactylus
Species (3): P. australis – P. cavaticus – P. lindneri
Name

Pseudothecadactylus Brongersma, 1936
new replacement name for Torresia Brongersma, 1934

References

Brongersma, L.D. 1934: Contributions to Indo-Australian herpetology. Zoologische mededelingen, 17: 161–251.
Brongersma, L.D. 1936. Herpetological note XIII. Zoologische mededelingen, 19: 136.

Links

Australian Faunal Directory
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus

Pseudothecadactylus is a genus of geckos found in various states of Australia.[1]
Species

Three species are recognized as being valid.[2]

Pseudothecadactylus australis (Günther, 1877) – Cape York pad-tail gecko
Pseudothecadactylus cavaticus Cogger, 1975
Pseudothecadactylus lindneri Cogger, 1975 – giant cave gecko[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudothecadactylus.

The specific name, lindneri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist David A. Lindner.[3]
References

JCVI.org
Genus Pseudothecadactylus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudothecadactylus lindneri, p. 158).

Further reading

Brongersma L (1936). "Herpetological Note XIII". Zoologische Mededelingen 19: 136. (Pseudothecadactylus, new genus).
Cogger HG (1975). "New lizards of the genus Pseudothecadactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from Arnhem Land and northwestern Australia". Rec. Australian Mus. 30: 87-97.
Cogger HG (1992). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Fifth Edition. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.
Rösler, Herbert (1995). Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Leipzig: Urania. 256 pp. (in German).
Smith LA (1989). "Taxonomic status of the gecko Pseudothecadactylus lindneri cavaticus Cogger". Rec. W. Australian Mus. 14: 425-426.