Taxonavigation

Familia: Carphodactylidae
Genus: Uvidicolus
Species: Uvidicolus sphyrurus

Name

• Uvidicolus sphyrurus (Ogilby, 1892: 6)
  • Authority for current placement: Oliver & Bauer, 2011: 671
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Obsolete combination: Nephrurus sphyrurus
  • Obsolete combination: Underwoodisaurus sphyrurus
  • Original combination: Gymnodactylus sphyrurus
  • Original genus: Gymnodactylus
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: unique ('the unique example described above ...')
    • Description:
    • Repository: AM R3800
  • Type locality: 'interior of New South Wales (Tumut?)'

References

• Kinghorn, J.R. 1931: Herpetological Notes. No. 3. Records of the Australian Museum, 18(5): 267–269. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.18.1931.727
• Ogilby, J.D. 1892: Descriptions of three new Australian lizards. Records of the Australian Museum, 2(1): 6–11. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.2.1892.1180 BHL
• Oliver, P.M.; Bauer, A.M. 2011: Systematics and evolution of the Australian knob-tail geckos (Nephrurus, Carphodactylidae, Gekkota): plesiomorphic grades and biome shifts through the Miocene. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 59(3): 664–674. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.03.018

Links

• Australian Faunal Directory [as Nephrurus sphyrurus]
• The Reptile Database

For more multimedia, look at Uvidicolus sphyrurus on Wikimedia Commons.

Uvidicolus sphyrurus