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Diplodactylus mitchelli
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Diplodactylidae
Genus:	Diplodactylus
Species:	D. mitchelli
Binomial name
Diplodactylus mitchelli Kluge, 1963

Diplodactylus mitchelli, sometimes called commonly the Pilbara stone gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, mitchelli, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Francis John Mitchell.

Geographic range

D. mitchelli is found in the North West Cape and Pilbara regions of Western Australia.

Reproduction

D. mitchelli is oviparous

References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Diplodactylus mitchelli, p. 179).
2. ^ "Diplodactylus mitchelli ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
• Kluge AG (1963). "Three new species of the Gekkonid Lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray from Australia". Records of the South Australian Museum 14: 545-553 + Plates 34–35. (Diplodactylus mitchelli, new species, pp. 548–550 + Plate 34, figure B).
• Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.

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