Phyllurus ossa

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: Phyllurus
Species: Phyllurus ossa
Subspecies: P. o. hobsoni – P. o. ossa – P. o. tamoya

Name

Phyllurus ossa Couper, Covacevich & Moritz, 1993: 117

• Holotype: QM J53444, ♂, collected by P.J. Couper, D. Limpus and M. Cunningham on 20 October 1991.
• Type locality: “Mt Ossa/Ossa Ck, via Mirani (20°56', 148°49') MEQ [=Mideastern Queensland]”, Australia.

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. 

Additional references

• Couper, P. & Hoskin, C.J. 2013. Two new subspecies of the leaf-tailed gecko Phyllurus ossa (Lacertilia: Carphodactylidae) from mid-eastern Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 3664(4): 537–553. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3664.4.7 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Phyllurus ossa. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 August 2022.
• Couper, P., Hoskin, C. & Amey, A. 2018. IUCN: Phyllurus ossa  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T178192A83323662. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T178192A83323662.en. Accessed on 05 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Mount Ossa Broad-tailed Gecko