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Small-spotted mid-west rock gehyra

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Gehyra finipunctata - Doughty, Bauer, Pepper & Keogh, 2018
Pronunciation  geh-HY-rah  
Etymology  Gehyra: unknown.
finipunctata: "The species epithet finipunctata is derived from the Latin words finis (fine) and punctata (punctate or bearing small spots), as in bearing fine spots or finely spotted, in reference to the dorsal pattern which forms part of the species diagnosis, described by Doughty et al. (2018a) as 'background colour light reddish to greyish-brown with small dark and pale spots not in contact and evenly spaced' (pp. 19–20). The name finipunctata is an adjective formed in the nominate feminine singular." (Ellis et al. 2018)
Other names  Gehyra punctulata Doughty, Bauer, Pepper & Keogh 2018 = nomen nudem 
 
Snout-to-vent length
Reproduction
Oviparous
Clutch size
2
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Range

Found in the following Australian states/territories

Western Australia

Habitat

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