THE IDENTITY OF PHYLLURUS MILII BORY DE SAINT VINCENT, 1823 (SQUAMATA PYGOPODIDAE DIPLODACTYLINAE)

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Abstract - The original illustration and descriptions of Phyllurus milii Bory de Saint Vincent, 1823 are most likely to be based on Nephrurus levis occidentalis Storr, 1963, not the species to which the name milii has been consistently applied for nearly 180 years. In the absence of types, a neotype (WAM R34085) is designated, representing the species to which the name milii has been applied by all subsequent authors, both for this species and Gekko dorrensis Peron, 1807. The senior name is identified as a nomen oblitum, and the junior name a nomen protectum, stabilising nomenclature of this species.