Beauty in the eye of the beholder: a new species of gecko (Diplodactylidae Lucasium) from inland north Queensland, Australia Author Vanderduys, Eric CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia. Author Hoskin, Conrad J. 0000-0001-8116-6085 College of Science & Engineering, James Cook University, Queensland 4811, Australia. & conrad. hoskin @ jcu. edu. au; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8116 - 6085 conrad.hoskin@jcu.edu.au Author Kutt, Alex S. 0000-0001-9679-2206 Tasmanian Land Conservancy, PO Box 392, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia. & School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia. & akutt @ tasland. org. au; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9679 - 2206 akutt@tasland.org.au Author Wright, Justin M. 0000-0002-8530-4905 College of Science & Engineering, James Cook University, Queensland 4811, Australia. & justin. wright 1 @ my. jcu. edu. au; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8530 - 4905 justin.wright1@my.jcu.edu.au Author Zozaya, Stephen M. 0000-0003-3451-3552 College of Science & Engineering, James Cook University, Queensland 4811, Australia. & euprepiosaurus @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3451 - 3552 euprepiosaurus@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2020 2020-11-10 4877 2 291 310 journal article 7906 10.11646/zootaxa.4877.2.4 5d4cc14a-98d3-449d-ab2e-2b99d25b5e2c 1175-5326 4424154 D2155D37-CB4A-43DB-8593-684179AFFF39

TABLE 1. Morphometric and scalation data for the type series of Lucasium iris sp. nov. All morphometric measures are in mm. Values for bilateral counts are presented for both the right and left sides (R, L). See Methods for abbreviations and further details.

QM No.	Holotype J96406	Paratype J88147	Paratype J95526	Paratype J96407	Range	Mean ± SD
*regenerated tail; values not included in the ranges presented. **damaged; not assessed.
Sex	F	M	F	M
SVL	60.7	40.3	62.8	53.7	40.3–62.8	54.38 ± 10.16
TL	44.1	22.4*	46.8	42.6	42.6–46.8	44.50 ± 2.13
TL/SVL	0.73	NA	0.75	0.79	0.73–0.79	0.76 ± 0.03
HW	11.6	9.1	12.5	10.8	9.1–12.5	11.00 ± 1.44
HW/SVL	0.19	0.23	0.20	0.20	0.19–0.23	0.20 ± 0.01
HD	8.8	5.5	10.3	6.5	5.5–10.3	7.78 ± 2.18
HD/HW	0.76	0.60	0.82	0.60	0.60–0.82	0.70 ± 0.11
HL	13.9	11.2	14.7	13.1	11.2–14.7	13.23 ± 1.50
HL/SVL	0.23	0.28	0.23	0.24	0.23–0.28	0.25 ± 0.02
EN	5	3.6	5.2	4.7	3.6–5.2	4.63 ± 0.71
EN/HL	0.36	0.32	0.35	0.36	0.32–0.36	0.35 ± 0.02
IN	1.7	1.3	1.6	1.5	1.3–1.7	1.53 ± 0.17
EYE	3.9	2.6	3.6	3.3	2.6–3.9	3.35 ± 0.56
EN/EYE	1.28	1.38	1.44	1.42	1.28–1.44	1.38 ± 0.07
EYE/HL	0.28	0.23	0.24	0.25	0.23–0.28	0.25 ± 0.02
Trk	24.7	18.8	28.4	23.6	18.8–28.4	23.88 ± 3.96
Trk/SVL	0.41	0.47	0.45	0.44	0.41–0.47	0.44 ± 0.03
Forearm	8.0	5.9	8.5	8.0	5.9–8.5	7.60 ± 1.16
Forearm/SVL	0.13	0.15	0.14	0.15	0.13–0.15	0.14 ± 0.01
Tibia	10.9	7.0	10.0	9.7	7.0–10.9	9.40 ± 1.68
Tibia/SVL	0.18	0.17	0.16	0.18	0.16–0.18	0.17 ± 0.01
TW	4.2	3.3*	5.0	4.7	4.2–5.0	4.30 ± 0.74
TD	4.0	3.3*	4.9	4.0	4.0–4.9	4.05 ± 0.6
TW/TD	1.05	1.0*	1.02	1.18	1.02–1.18	1.06 ± 0.08
TW/TL	0.10	0.15*	0.11	0.11	0.10–0.11	0.11 ± 0.01
SuL jaw (R,L)	13,12	12,12	11,12	**
SuL eye (R,L)	8,9	10,10	9,11	**
lnL (R,L)	13,11	11,12	11,12	11,12
RS		rectangular in all
RW	2.2	1.5	2.1	2.0	1.5–2.2	1.95 ± 0.31
RD	0.9	0.5	1.0	1.0	0.5–1.0	0.85 ± 0.24
RC	40	50	30	50
Internasals	2	2	2	2
Postmentals	2	2	3	3
PS (R,L)	3,2	5,4	3,7	3,4
CS (R,L)	0,0	4,4	0,0	5,6
Nasal border (R,L)	8,8	7,8	8,8	7,6
Nares contact rostral		contacting in all
PcP	0,0	1,1	0,0	1,1