Ron, I am aware that the names have been synonymous for well over a decade and putting this species in the Nephrurus complex makes complete sense, but I too liked Underwoodisaurus. Thanks for the response.
Nathan Hall www.geckosunlimited.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 713-775-5545 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [gecko]Underwoo...Nephr...wait...D'oh! > Nathan, > Underwoodisaurus has been considered a synonym of Nephurus since the > early 90's. I believe Dr. Aaron Bauer changed it. The only person that uses it > still is Dr. Cogger in his Australian Herpetology books. I think it should be > stable because a group of Australian scientists used Nephurus and not > Underwoodisaurus in a recent paper on Australian geckos. I kind of liked Underwoodisaurus > because it was a name in honor of Garth Underwood a British Herpetologist who > made a number of significant contributions to herpetology, especially geckos. > He is the one responsible for the use of Cyrtodactylus instead of > Gymnodactylus. All of the popular North American Herpetology science journals have a > fascinating biography of Dr. Underwood, if anyone is interested. > > Ron Van Heest > _______________________________________________ > Global Gecko Association > http://www.gekkota.com > Classifieds > http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > gecko mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
