Oedura monilis

Oedura monilis

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: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Oedura
Species: Oedura monilis

Name

Oedura monilis De Vis, 1888: 811

• Holotype: QM J228, collector and date unknown.
• Type locality: “Queensland”.

Synonyms

• Oedura attenboroughi Wells & Wellington, 1985: 13 [synonymised by Hoskin (2019: 252)]
  • Holotype: AM R65941 (field series No. 11663), collected by R. Wells and Dean Metcalfe on 28 November 1976.
  • Type locality: “Fork Lagoon Rd. turn-off, on the Capricorn Highway, 19 km west of Emerald and 81.5 km east of Bogantungan, Queensland”.
  • Paratype: NTM R4816, collected by Graeme Gow and Linda Gow on 10 December 1977 at “2km East of Anakie, Queensland (23°33′S X 147°45′E)”.

Native distribution areas

• Australia: Queensland.

References

Primary references

• De Vis, C.W. 1888. A contribution to the herpetology of Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Second Series 2(Part IV): 811–826. BHL
• Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series 1: 1–61. Reference page. 
• 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. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Oedura monilis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 August 2022.
• Hoskin, C., Hobson, R. & Venz, M. 2021. IUCN: Oedura monilis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T181156980A181157411. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T181156980A181157411.en. Accessed on 09 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Ocellated Velvet Gecko

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