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Wyberba leaf-tailed gecko

Wyberba leaf-tailed gecko (Saltuarius wyberba)
Girraween National Park, Queensland
Photo © David Fischer
Saltuarius wyberba - Couper, Schneider & Covacevich, 1997
Pronunciation  SALT-you-ARE-ee-uss   why-BERR-ba
Etymology  Saltuarius: "From the Latin - 'keeper of the forest'."1
wyberba: "Wyberba is a rail-siding on the western boundary of Girraween National Park, in the Stanthorpe area, SEQ. The name is reported to be of Aboriginal origin, and said to mean 'at the end of the mountain' (Harslett & Royle, 1980). The epithet is to be treated as a noun in apposition."2
Other names   
 
Snout-to-vent length
Species avg: 10.9 cm
Reproduction
Oviparous
Clutch size
2
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References

  1. Couper, PJ; Covacevich, JA; & Moritz, C. (1993). A review of the leaf-tailed geckos endemic to eastern Australia: a new genus, four new species, and other new data. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 34(1):95-124. - search web for this article
  2. Couper, P.J.; Schneider, C.J.; & Covacevich, J.A. (1997). A new species of Saltuarius (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from granite-based, open forests of eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 42:91-96. - search web for this article
 

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