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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 Diplodactylidae
Bibliography of the genus Crenadactylus
Biodiversity of the family Diplodactylidae








Genus
Crenadactylus

Australian Clawless Geckos

Australische Krallenloser Geckos

Australske Kloløse Gekkoer

1964 Crenadactylus Dixon & Kluge (type species: Diplodactylus ocellatus Gray 1844)
Contents: 7 species, all of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Formerly containing only a single species (ocellatus), but now considered a complex of ten separate species (Aplin & Adams 2001; Oliver, Adams & Doughty 2010) of which currently only seven has been formally described (Doughty, Ellis & Oliver 2016).
Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia).

Crenadactylus horni

Central Uplands Clawless Gecko

Zentralaustralische Krallenloser Gecko

Centralaustralsk Kloløs Gekko

1895 Ebenavia horni Lucas & Frost
Crenadactylus ocellatus horni Storr & Harold 1978
Crenadactylus horni Wells & Wellington 1984

Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym or subspecies of ocellatus (e.g., Bauer 1994). Revalidated as a separate species by Doughty, Ellis & Oliver (2016), although already Wells & Wellington (1984) regarded it as such.
Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, South Australia).


Crenadactylus naso

Northern Clawless Gecko

Nordaustralischer Krallenloser Gecko

Nordaustralsk Kloløs Gekko

1978 Crenadactylus ocellatus naso Storr
Crenadactylus naso Wells & Wellington 1985

Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym or subspecies of ocellatus (e.g., Bauer 1994). Revalidated as a separate species by Doughty, Ellis & Oliver (2016), although already Wells & Wellington (1984) regarded it as such.
Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, Western Australia).


Crenadactylus occidentalis

Western Clawless Gecko

Westaustralischer Krallenloser Gecko

Vestaustralsk Kloløs Gekko

2016 Crenadactylus occidentalis Doughty, Ellis & Oliver

Remarks: Previously regarded as a population of ocellatus.
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia).


Crenadactylus ocellatus

Southwestern Clawless Gecko

Südwestliche Krallenloser Gecko

Sydvestlig Kloløs Gekko

1844 Diplodactylus ocellatus Gray
Phyllodactylus ocellatus Duméril 1856
Crenadactylus ocellatus Dixon & Kluge 1964
1845 Diplodactylus bilineatus Gray (Doughty, Ellis & Oliver 2016)
Crenadactylus bilineatus Wells & Wellington 1984

Other common names:
bilineatus: Central West Coast Clawless Gecko
ocellatus: Southwestern Clawless Gecko
Remarks: Previously included all other populations of this genus (e.g., Bauer 1994, Cogger 2014).
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia).


Crenadactylus pilbarensis

Pilbara Clawless Gecko

Krallenloser Pilbara-Gecko

Kloløs Pilbara-gekko

2016 Crenadactylus pilbarensis Doughty, Ellis & Oliver

Remarks: Previously regarded as a population of ocellatus.
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia).


Crenadactylus rostralis

Kimberley Clawless Gecko, Southwest Kimberley Clawless Gecko

Krallenloser Kimberley-Gecko

Kloløs Kimberley-gekko

1978 Crenadactylus ocellatus rostralis Storr
Crenadactylus rostralis Wells & Wellington 1984

Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym or subspecies of ocellatus (e.g., Bauer 1994). Revalidated as a separate species by Doughty, Ellis & Oliver (2016), although already Wells & Wellington (1984) regarded it as such.
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia).


Crenadactylus tuberculatus

Cape Range Clawless Gecko

Krallenloser Cape-Range-Gecko

Kloløs Cape Range-gekko

2016 Crenadactylus tuberculatus Doughty, Ellis & Oliver

Remarks: Previously regarded as a population of ocellatus.
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia).