Oedura coggeri

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Oedura coggeri
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Oedura
Species:
O. coggeri
Binomial name
Oedura coggeri
, 1966

Oedura coggeri, commonly known as the northern spotted velvet gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Queensland, Australia.[1][2][3]

Etymology[]

The specific name, coggeri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harold Cogger.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Oedura coggeri ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  2. ^ "Oedura coggeri Bustard, 1966 - Northern Spotted Velvet Gecko". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Northern spotted velvet gecko – Oedura coggeri ". Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (Queensland). Government of Queensland. 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  4. ^ 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 coggeri, p. 56).

Further reading[]

  • Bustard, H. Robert (1966). "The Oedura tryoni complex: east Australian rock-dwelling geckos. (Reptilia : Gekkonidae)". Bull. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Zool. 14: 1–14. (Oedura coggeri, new species, pp. 9–12).


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