Pseudothecadactylus is a genus of geckos found in various states of Australia.JCVI.org
Species Three species are recognized as being valid.. www.reptile-database.org. Pseudothecadactylus australis – Cape York pad-tail gecko Pseudothecadactylus cavaticus Pseudothecadactylus lindneri – giant cave gecko
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudothecadactylus.
The specific name, lindneri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist 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).
References
Further reading Brongersma L (1936). "Herpetological Note XIII". Zoologische Mededelingen 19: 136. (Pseudothecadactylus, new genus). Cogger HG (1975). "New lizards of the genus Pseudothecadactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from Arnhem Land and northwestern Australia". Rec. Australian Mus. 30: 87–97. Cogger HG (1992). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Fifth Edition. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. Rösler, Herbert (1995). Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Leipzig: Urania. 256 pp. (in German). Smith LA (1989). "Taxonomic status of the gecko Pseudothecadactylus lindneri cavaticus Cogger". Rec. W. Australian Mus. 14: 425–426.