''Pseudothecadactylus'' is a

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Pseudothecadactylus australis The Cape York pad-tail gecko (''Pseudothecadactylus australis'') is a gecko endemic to Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), ...

'' – Cape York pad-tail gecko *''

Pseudothecadactylus cavaticus ''Pseudothecadactylus cavaticus'' is a gecko endemic to Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the isla ...

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Pseudothecadactylus lindneri The giant cave gecko (''Pseudothecadactylus lindneri)'', also known commonly as the northern giant cave gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia. www.reptile-database.org. Etymology The sp ...

'' – giant cave gecko ''

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Pseudothecadactylus''. The

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David A. Lindner.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Pseudothecadactylus lindneri'', p. 158).

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