Amalosia jacovae

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Amalosia jacovae
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Amalosia
Species:
A. jacovae
Binomial name
Amalosia jacovae
(Couper, & , 2007)
Synonyms[2]
  • Oedura jacovae
    Couper, Keim & Hoskin, 2007
  • Amalosia jacovae
    — P.M. Oliver et al., 2012

Amalosia jacovae, also known as the clouded gecko or clouded velvet gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia.[1][2]

Etymology[]

The specific name, jacovae (Latin, feminine, genitive singular), is in honor of Australian herpetologist Jeanette Adelaide Covacevich ( j + a + cov + suffix -ae).[3]

Geographic range[]

A. jacovae is found in southeastern Queensland.[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Hoskin, C.; Venz, M.; Greenlees, M.; Shea, G. (2018). "Amalosia jacovae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T102662435A102662480. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102662435A102662480.en. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Amalosia jacovae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 February 2022.
  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 jacovae, p. 60).

Further reading[]

  • Couper, Patrick J.; Keim, Lauren D.; Hoskin, Conrad J. (2007). "A new velvet Gecko (Gekkonidae: Oedura) from south-east Queensland, Australia". Zootaxa 1587: 27–41. (Oedura jacovae, new species).
  • Oliver, Paul M.; Bauer, Aaron M.; Greenbaum, Eli; Jackman, Todd; Hobbie, Tara (2012). "Molecular phylogenetics of the arboreal Australian gecko genus Oedura Gray 1842 (Gekkota: Diplodactylidae): Another plesiomorphic grade ?" Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63 (2): 255–264). (Amalosia jacovae, new combination).


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