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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Gekkonidae
Bibliography of the genus Heteronotia
Biodiversity of the family Gekkonidae








Genus
Heteronotia

Prickly Geckos

Rauhschuppengeckos

Filgekkoer

1845 Heteronota Gray [not Heteronota Germar 1835 (Rhynchota); not Heteronota Meyrick 1902 (Insecta: Lepidoptera)] (type species: Heteronota binoei Gray 1845)
1965 Heteronotia Wermuth [substitute name for Heteronota Gray 1845]
Contents: 5 species, all of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia).

Heteronotia atra

Black Pilbara Gecko

Schwarzer Rauhschuppengecko

Sort Pilbaragekko

2013 Heteronotia atra Pepper, Doughty, Fujita, Moritz & Keogh

Distribution: Australia (Western Australia).


Heteronotia binoei

Common Prickly Gecko, (Bynoe's Gecko, Bynoe's Prickly Gecko)

Gewöhnlicher Rauhschuppengecko

Almindelig Filgekko

1845 Heteronota binoei Gray
Heteronotia binoei Wermuth 1965
1845 Eublepharis derbianus Gray (Bauer 1994)
Heteronota derbiana Boulenger 1885
Heteronotia derbiana Wells & Wellington 1985
1867 Hoplodactylus australis Peters (Bauer 1994)
Heteronotia australis Wells & Wellington 1984
1867 Phyllodactylus anomalus Peters (Bauer 1994)
Heteronotia anomalus Wells & Wellington 1984
1877 Diplodactylus annulatus Macleay (Bauer 1994)
Heteronotia annulata Wells & Wellington 1985
1985 Heteronotia horneri Wells & Wellington (Shea & Sadlier 1999)
1985 Heteronotia wadei Wells & Wellington (Shea & Sadlier 1999)

Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia).


Heteronotia binoei
© Rune Midtgaard

Heteronotia fasciolata

Pale-headed Gecko

Hellköpfiger Rauhschuppengecko

Lyshovedet Filgekko

2013 Heteronotia fasciolatus Pepper, Doughty, Fujita, Moritz & Keogh

Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory).


Heteronotia planiceps

Banded Prickly Gecko

Gebänderter Rauhschuppengecko

Båndet Filgekko

1989 Heteronotia planiceps Storr

Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, Western Australia).


Heteronotia spelea

Pilbara Cave Gecko, Desert Cave Gecko, Cave Prickly Gecko

Pilbara-Höhlengecko

Pilbara-grottegekko

1963 Heteronota spelea Kluge
Heteronotia spelea Wermuth 1965

Remarks: Previously included populations now assigned to atra and fasciolatus. Reports from Northern Territory refer to fasciolatus (Pepper, Doughty, Fujita, Moritz & Keogh 2013).
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia).