. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. 183. Diagnosis: No inscriptional ribs; no co-ossification of skull; mouth and tongue pink in life; ear opening large; dorsal scalation homogeneous; preanal pores greatly reduced; dorsum with narrow light bands, fading laterally to spots. Comments: Rhacodactylus lindneri is a large gecko (maximum SVL 107 — Cogger 1975a) which went undiscovered until 1972. Cogger's (1975a) description and diagnosis of the species is complete and informative. It is endemic to western Arnhem Land, (Fig. 89) where it is found in association with sandstone formations
. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. 183. Diagnosis: No inscriptional ribs; no co-ossification of skull; mouth and tongue pink in life; ear opening large; dorsal scalation homogeneous; preanal pores greatly reduced; dorsum with narrow light bands, fading laterally to spots. Comments: Rhacodactylus lindneri is a large gecko (maximum SVL 107 — Cogger 1975a) which went undiscovered until 1972. Cogger's (1975a) description and diagnosis of the species is complete and informative. It is endemic to western Arnhem Land, (Fig. 89) where it is found in association with sandstone formations (Cogger 1975a, 1981) (Fig. 90). Cogger (1975a) discussed and illustrated the moderately prehensile scan- sorial caudal pad of R. lindneri. It feeds on spiders and insects as well as members of the genus Gehyra which co-occur on sandstone faces. This species at East Alligator typically becomes active about three hours after sunset and will frequently leap from the rock faces of the sandstone escarpments to nearby trees where they will forage for several hours before returning to refuges in the rock walls (pers. obs.).. 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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