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Southern leaf-tailed gecko |
Lamington NP Photo © Stewart Macdonald |
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Saltuarius swaini | |||||||
Pronunciation | SALT-you-ARE-ee-uss SWAIN-ee | ||||||
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Etymology |
Saltuarius: "From the Latin - 'keeper of the forest'."1
swaini: "Named for Malcolm Swain, of the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney."2 |
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Description | Distribution | Natural history | Conservation | Further information | More photos |
RangeCoastal ranges of south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales. Found in the following Australian states/territoriesNew South Wales, Queensland HabitatSubtropical rainforests. Often associated with strangler figs and large buttress roots. |
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