Northern velvet gecko

The northern velvet gecko (Oedura castelnaui) is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.[2]

Northern velvet gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Oedura
Species:
O. castelnaui
Binomial name
Oedura castelnaui
(Thominot, 1889)
Synonyms[2]
  • Phyllodactylus castelnaui
    Thominot, 1889
  • Oedura castelnaui
    — Bustard, 1970

Etymology

The specific name, castelnaui, is in honor of French naturalist Francis de Laporte de Castelnau.[3]

Geographic range

O. castelnaui is found on the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of O. castelnaui are forest and savanna.[1]

Reproduction

O. castelnaui is oviparous.[2] Clutch size is two eggs, which have a parchment-like shell, and hatch in 60 days.[1]

References
  1. Hoskins C, Vanderduys E, Amey A, Couper P, Cogger H (2018). "Oedura castelnaui ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102680698A102680720.en. Accessed on 24 January 2022.
  2. "Oedura castelnaui ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  3. 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. (Oedura castelnaui, p. 49).

Further reading
  • Bustard, H. Robert (1970). "Oedura marmorata, a complex of Australian geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica 51: 21–40. (Oedura castelnaui, new combination).
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Thominot, Alexandre (1889). "Sur quelques reptiles et batraciens de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Paris ". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, Huitième Série [Eighth Series] 1 (1): 21–30. (Phyllodactylus castelnaui, new species, pp. 22–23). (in French).
  • Wilson K, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.



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