Oedura elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pygopodoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Pygopodomorpha Superfamilia: Pygopodoidea

Familia: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Oedura
Species: Oedura elegans

Name

Oedura elegans Hoskin, 2019: 256

• Holotype: QM J59673, ♂, collected on 20 March 1995.
• Type locality: “15 km south of Yuleba (- 26.751° S, 149.382° E, 340 m a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• Hoskin, C.J. 2019. Description of three new velvet geckos (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from inland eastern Australia, and redescription of Oedura monilis De Vis. Zootaxa 4683(2): 242–270. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4683.2.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Oedura elegans. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 August 2022.
• Hoskin, C. 2021. IUCN: Oedura elegans  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T181153339A181155318. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T181153339A181155318.en. Accessed on 09 August 2022.

Vernacular names

• English: Elegant Velvet Gecko

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