The northern velvet gecko (Oedura castelnaui) is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.[2]
| Northern velvet gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diplodactylidae |
| Genus: | Oedura |
| Species: | O. castelnaui
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| Binomial name | |
| Oedura castelnaui (Thominot, 1889)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, castelnaui, is in honor of French naturalist Francis de Laporte de Castelnau.[3]
Geographic range
editO. castelnaui is found on the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of O. castelnaui are forest and savanna.[1]
Reproduction
editO. castelnaui is oviparous.[2] Clutch size is two eggs, which have a parchment-like shell, and hatch in 60 days.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Hoskins C, Vanderduys E, Amey A, Couper P, Cogger H (2018). "Oedura castelnaui ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102680698A102680720.en. Accessed on 24 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Oedura castelnaui ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ 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
edit- Bustard, H. Robert (1970). "Oedura marmorata, a complex of Australian geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica 51: 21–40. (Oedura castelnaui, new combination).
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- 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).
- Wilson K, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.