. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. 181 1936 Pseudothecadactylus australis Brongersma. 19: 136. 1963 Thecadactylus australis Worrell. Reptiles of Australia: 30. 1965 Pseudothecadactylus australis Wermuth. Das Tierreich 80: 153. Diagnosis: 3—4 inscriptional ribs; skin of head co-ossified with skull; hning of mouth and tongue navy to black; first infralabials may contact behind mental; subpygal scales enlarged, hexagonal to octagonal; preanal organs present; ear opening minute; usually one cloacal spur; juvenile color pattern as adult. (1, 62, 63, 64, 80). Comments: Giinther'
. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. 181 1936 Pseudothecadactylus australis Brongersma. 19: 136. 1963 Thecadactylus australis Worrell. Reptiles of Australia: 30. 1965 Pseudothecadactylus australis Wermuth. Das Tierreich 80: 153. Diagnosis: 3—4 inscriptional ribs; skin of head co-ossified with skull; hning of mouth and tongue navy to black; first infralabials may contact behind mental; subpygal scales enlarged, hexagonal to octagonal; preanal organs present; ear opening minute; usually one cloacal spur; juvenile color pattern as adult. (1, 62, 63, 64, 80). Comments: Giinther's (1877) description is sketchy. The holotype is from an unspecified island in Torres Strait. Brongersma (1934) provided an excellent redescrip- tion and clearly diagnosed Pseudothecadactylus as distinct from Thecadactylus. The species was known only from the holotype until the discovery of a single individual from the Mcllwraith Ranges (Loveridge 1934). The species is now known to range throughout the northern Cape York Peninsula and Islands of Torres Straits (Fig. 25) and it possibly occurs on the mainland of New Guinea. Worrell (1963), in his discussion of "Thecadactylus australis", seems to have confused this species with its ex-congener (T. rapicauda), including tropical America as well as northern Queensland in its : Holotype of Thecadactylus australis Günther, 1877 (= Rhacodactylus australis). BMNH (Photo courtesy British Museum (Natural History)). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bonn, Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig
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