Nephrurus amyae

Nephrurus amyae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Carphodactylidae
Genus:Nephrurus
Species: N. amyae
Binomial name
Nephrurus amyae
Couper & Gregson, 1994

Nephrurus amyae, also known as the centralian rough knob-tailed gecko, is a species of gecko. It is the largest gecko in the genus Nephrurus, and like all species of Nephrurus is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, amyae, is in honor of Amy Couper, daughter of Australian herpetologist Patrick J. Couper.[1]

Geographic range

N. amyae is found primarily in the central portion of Australia.

Description

N. amyae generally has a brown to reddish color and a small tail with knob on the end.

Exemplars of Nephrurus amyae

References

  1. ↑ 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. (Nephrurus amyae, p. 7).
  • Western Australia Museum . Nephrurus amyae . 2006. Downloaded on 4 December 2007.

Further reading

  • Couper CJ, Gregson RAM (1994). "Redescription of Nephrurus asper Günther, and description of N. amyae sp. nov. and N. sheai sp. nov." Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 37 (1): 53-67. (Nephrurus amyae, new species, pp. 60–63, Figure 4).
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