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(Redirected from Oedura castelnaui) Species of lizard

Northern velvet gecko
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
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
  • Phyllodactylus castelnaui
    Thominot, 1889
  • Oedura castelnaui
    — Bustard, 1970

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

Etymology

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

Geographic range

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

Habitat

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

Reproduction

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

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 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.


Taxon identifiers
Oedura castelnaui


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