Champion's leaf-tailed gecko
Champion's leaf-tailed gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Carphodactylidae |
Genus: | Phyllurus |
Species: | P. championae |
Binomial name | |
Phyllurus championae Couper, Schneider, Hoskin & Covacevich, 2000 | |
Champion's leaf-tailed gecko or the Koumala leaf-tailed gecko (Phyllurus championae) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Carphodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Geographic range
P. championae was first found in the Cameron Creek/Black Mountain area near Koumala, Queensland, Australia.[1][2][3]
References
- ↑ MacDonald, Stewart. "Champion's leaf-tailed gecko". Australian Reptile Online Database. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ Phyllurus championae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 October 2014.
- ↑ "Phyllurus championae". The Queensland Museum. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
Further reading
- Couper PJ, Schneider CJ, Hoskins CJ, Covacevich JA (2002). "Australian leaf-tailed geckos: phylogeny, a new genus, two new species and other new data". Mem. Queensland Mus. 45 (2): 253-265. (Phyllurus championae, new species, pp. 258–262, Figures 6, 7A, 7B).
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