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Oedura coggeri

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Species of lizard

Oedura coggeri
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Oedura
Species: O. coggeri
Binomial name
Oedura coggeri
Bustard, 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.

Etymology

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

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of O. coggeri is rocky areas in forest.

Reproduction

O. coggeri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Hoskin C, Vanderduys E, Amey A, Couper P, Cogger H (2018). "Oedura coggeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102680762A102680773.en. Accessed on 16 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Oedura coggeri ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  3. "Oedura coggeri Bustard, 1966 - Northern Spotted Velvet Gecko". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  4. "Northern spotted velvet gecko – Oedura coggeri ". Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (Queensland). Government of Queensland. 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  5. 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

  • Baker, Cherryl Richards; Brattstrom, Bayard H.; Brattstrom, Martha A. (1998). "Microhabitat utilization by some Queensland, Australia geckos". Dactylus 3 (3): 97–102.
  • Bustard, H. Robert (1966). "The Oedura tryoni complex: east Australian rock-dwelling geckos. (Reptilia : Gekkonidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 14: 1–14. (Oedura coggeri, new species, pp. 9–12).
  • Cogger, Harold G. (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Wilson, Steve, Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.


Taxon identifiers
Oedura coggeri


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