Phyllurus platurus

Phyllurus platurus

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 platurus

Name

Phyllurus platurus (Shaw, 1790)

• Holotype: BMNH xxii.98a.
• Type locality: “New South Wales”.

Combinations

• Lacerta platura Shaw in White, 1790: 246 [original combination]
• Stellio platurus — Daudin, 1802 [subsequent combination]
• Geckoides platurus — Péron, 1807 [subsequent combination]
• Phyllurus platurus — Fitzinger, 1826 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• White, J. 1790. Journal of a voyage to new South Wales, with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions. Debrett: London. 229 pp. BHL

Additional references

• Covacevich, J. 1975. A review of the genus Phyllurus (Lacertilia : Gekkonidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17(2): 293–303. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Phyllurus platurus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 August 2022.
• Shea, G., Cogger, H. & Greenlees, M. 2018. IUCN: Phyllurus platurus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102664624A102664711. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102664624A102664711.en. Accessed on 05 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Southern Broad-tailed Gecko

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