Oedura coggeri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Oedura
Species:
O. coggeri
Binomial name
Oedura coggeri
Bustard, 1966

Oedura coggeri, commonly known as the northern spotted velvet gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Queensland, Australia.[2][3][4]

Etymology

The specific name, coggeri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harold Cogger.[5]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of O. coggeri is rocky areas in forest.[1]

Reproduction

O. coggeri is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Hoskin C, Vanderduys E, Amey A, Couper P, Cogger H (2018). "Oedura coggeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102680762A102680773.en. Accessed on 16 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Oedura coggeri ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  3. ^ "Oedura coggeri Bustard, 1966 - Northern Spotted Velvet Gecko". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Northern spotted velvet gecko – Oedura coggeri ". Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (Queensland). Government of Queensland. 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  5. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Oedura coggeri, p. 56).

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