Champion's leaf-tailed gecko

Champion's leaf-tailed gecko (Phyllurus championae), also known commonly as the Koumala leaf-tailed gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Carphodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Champion's leaf-tailed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Carphodactylidae
Genus: Phyllurus
Species:
P. championae
Binomial name
Phyllurus championae

Etymology

The specific name, championae (genitive, feminine), is in honor of Australian zoologist Irene Champion, a Resource Ranger with the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.[2]

Geographic range

P. championae was first found in the Cameron Creek/Black Mountain area near Koumala, Queensland, Australia.[3][4][5]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. championae is forest with rocky areas.[1]

Description

P. championae may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8 cm (3.1 in).[5]

Reproduction

P. championae is oviparous.[4]

References
  1. Couper P, Hoskin C, Amey A (2018). "Phyllurus championae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102664522A102664525.en. Accessed on 05 February 2022.
  2. 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. (Phyllurus championae, p. 51).
  3. Macdonald, Stewart. "Champion's leaf-tailed gecko". Australian Reptile Online Database. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  4. Phyllurus championae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 October 2014.
  5. "Phyllurus championae". The Queensland Museum. 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. (Phyllurus championae, p. 273).
  • Couper PJ, Schneider CJ, Hoskin CJ, Covacevich JA (2000). "Australian leaf-tailed geckos: phylogeny, a new genus, two new species and other new data". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45 (2): 253–265. (Phyllurus championae, new species, pp. 258–262, Figures 6, 7A, 7B).
  • Hoskin CJ, Couper PJ, Schneider CJ (2003). "A New Species of Phyllurus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) and a Revised Phylogeny and Key for the Australian Leaf-tailed Geckos". Australian Journal of Zoology 51 (2): 153–164.
  • Wilson S, 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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