AROD > Reptiles / Squamata / Gekkonidae / Uvidicolus
New England Tableland thick-tailed gecko
Uvidicolus
- Oliver & Bauer, 2011
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Etymology: | 'from the Latin uvidus, meaning moist or humid, and -colus, dwelling in. In reference to the restricted range of this gecko in relatively mesic and cool highland areas of the central Great Dividing Range of eastern Australia.'1 | |||||||||
Taxonomic notes: |
This genus contains a species that was formerly placed within Underwoodisaurus. |
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Statistics: |
Reproductive modes:
Oviparous - 1 out of 1 Australian species Size range: Smallest Australian species: New England Tableland thick-tailed gecko (Uvidicolus sphyrurus) at 7 cm Longest Australian species: New England Tableland thick-tailed gecko (Uvidicolus sphyrurus) at 7 cm |
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Number of Australian species: | 1 | |||||||||
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- Oliver, PM & Bauer, AM (2011). Systematics and evolution of the Australian knob-tail geckos (Nephrurus, Carphodactylidae, Gekkota): pleisomorphic grades and biome shifts through the Miocene. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 59(3):664-674.