Saltuarius

Saltuarius cornutus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pygopodomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Pygopodomorpha

Familia: Carphodactylidae
Genus: Saltuarius
Species (7): S. cornutus – S. eximius – S. kateae – S. moritzi – S. salebrosus – S. swaini – S. wyberba

Name

Saltuarius Couper, Covacevich & Moritz, 1994: 26

• Type species: Gymnodactylus cornutus Ogilby, 1892, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Couper, P.J., Covacevich, J.A. & 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. BHL Reference page. 
• Couper, P.J., Covacevich, J.A. & Moritz, C. 1994. Designation of the type species of Saltuarius, and other data on the genus. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 35(1): 26. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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(1): 91–96. BHL Reference page. 
• Couper, P.J., Schneider, C.J., Hoskin, C.J. & Covacevich, J.A. 2000. Australian Leaf–tailed geckos: phylogeny, a new genus, two new species and other new data. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45(2): 253–265. BHL Reference page. 
• Han, D., Zhou, K. & Bauer, A.M. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships among gekkotan lizards inferred from C-mos nuclear DNA sequences and a new classification of the Gekkota. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83(3): 353–368. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00393.x
• Couper, P.J., Sadlier, R.A., Shea, G.M. & Wilmer, J.W. 2008. A reassessment of Saltuarius swaini (Lacertilia: Diplodactylidae) in southeastern Queensland and New South Wales; two new taxa, phylogeny, biogeography and conservation. Records of the Australian Museum 60(1): 87–118. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.60.2008.1492 Reference page. 
• Hoskin, C.J. & Couper, P. 2013. A spectacular new leaf-tailed gecko (Carphodactylidae: Saltuarius) from the Melville Range, north-east Australia. Zootaxa 3717(4): 543–558. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.6 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Saltuarius . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Australian Leaf-tailed Geckos

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