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Nactus cheverti

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Species of lizard

Nactus cheverti
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Nactus
Species: N. cheverti
Binomial name
Nactus cheverti
(Boulenger, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Hetoronota marmorata
    Macleay, 1877
  • Gymnodactylus cheverti
    Boulenger, 1885 (nomen novem)
  • Nactus cheverti
    — Zug, 1998

Nactus cheverti, also known commonly as Chevert's gecko, the Fitzroy Island gecko, and the southern Cape York nactus, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, cheverti, refers to the ship Chevert which William John Macleay used on his 1875 expedition to New Guinea.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of N. cheverti is forest.

Reproduction

N. cheverti is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Couper P, Hoskin C, Amey A (2018). "Nactus cheverti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T13483377A13483885. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T13483377A13483885.en. Accesseded on 18 February 2022.
  2. ^ Nactus cheverti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  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. (Nactus cheverti, p. 53).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Gymnodactylus cheverti, new name, pp. 41–42).
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
  • Zug GR (1998). "Australian populations of the Nactus pelagicus complex (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42 (2): 613–626. (Nactus cheverti, new combination).


Taxon identifiers
Nactus cheverti


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