Publications

are geckos useful bioindicators of air pollution?	the response of an australian arid-zone gecko community to sulphur dioxide and salt spray from a mine and industrial site was investigated from 1992 to 1995. geckos were abundant and fecund at control sites in chenopod shrubland and annual capture rates were strongly influenced by minimum night temperatures. capture rate and percentage of females gravid at sites exposed to high concentrations of air pollutants were significantly lower than at control sites. discrepancies between control and impa ...	1998	28307930
independent transitions between monsoonal and arid biomes revealed by systematic revison of a complex of australian geckos (diplodactylus; diplodactylidae).	how the widespread expansion and intensification of aridity through the neogene has shaped the austral biota is a major question in antipodean biogeography. lineages distributed across wide aridity gradients provide opportunities to examine the timing, frequency, and direction of transitions between arid and mesic regions. here, we use molecular genetics and morphological data to investigate the systematics and biogeography of a nominal australian gecko species (diplodactylus conspicillatus sens ...	2014	25493936
correction: independent transitions between monsoonal and arid biomes revealed by systematic revison of a complex of australian geckos (diplodactylus; diplodactylidae).	how the widespread expansion and intensification of aridity through the neogene has shaped the austral biota is a major question in antipodean biogeography.lineages distributed across wide aridity gradients provide opportunities to examine the timing, frequency, and direction of transitions between arid and mesic regions.here, we use molecular genetics and morphological data to investigate the systematics and biogeography of a nominal australian gecko species(diplodactylus conspicillatus sensu l ...	2015	25879742
a new species of gecko from arid inland regions of eastern australia (diplodactylus; diplodactylidae).	we describe a new species of small terrestrial gecko in the genus diplodactylus from inland regions of western queensland and new south wales, australia. diplodactylus ameyi sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congeners in the diplodactylus conspicillatus species-group by its relatively large size, bulbous tail which lacks an acute attenuated extension at tip, small first labial scale and comparatively robust head morphology (which includes a broadly rounded snout and no well-defined canthus ...	2016	27394511