Diplodactylus savagei

Doughty, Paul, Pepper, Mitzy & Keogh, Scott, 2010, Morphological and molecular assessment of the Diplodactylus savagei species complex in the Pilbara region, Western Australia, with a description of a new species, Zootaxa 2393, pp. 33-45 : 36

Diplodactylus savagei species complex

Diagnosis. Differs from other Diplodactylus in possessing a beaked face with nostril excluded from rostral, no enlarged labial scales (except for first), 6–10 rows of paired moderately-enlarged subdigital lamellae, reddishbrown dorsal colouration and short cylindrical tail.

Comparison with other taxa. The two members of the D. savagei species complex share with D. conspicillatus , D. pulcher and D. klugei Aplin & Adams, 1998 a pointed snout with no tall labial scales and rostral scale excluded from nostril, distinguishing all the taxa above from all other Diplodactylus . Diplodactylus savagei species complex members are distinguished from the sympatric D. conspicillatus by red background colouration, cylindrical (versus flattened) tail and two rows of enlarged subdigital lamellae. They share with D. pulcher and D. klugei a reddish background colour but can be distinguished by having either small spots that form transverse rows or fine widely-scattered spots, whereas the other two taxa have large blotches along the back or a vertebral stripe.