Northern velvet gecko

Northern velvet gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Diplodactylidae
Genus:Oedura
Species: O. castelnaui
Binomial name
Oedura castelnaui
(Thominot, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Phyllodactylus castelnaui
    Thominot, 1889
  • Oedura castelnaui
    — Bustard, 1970

The northern velvet gecko (Oedura castelnaui ) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, castelnaui, is in honor of French Naturalist Francis de Laporte de Castelnau.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Oedura castelnaui ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  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. (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).
  • 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).


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