Oedura luritja

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 luritja

Name

Oedura luritja Oliver & McDonald, 2016: 7

• Holotype: NTM R37528 (field number CCM5974), adult ♂ with regrown tail, collected by P.J. McDonald and P.M. Oliver on 5 October 2015.
• Type locality: “Gorge 300 m east of north end of Boggy Hole (−24.13455°, 132.86574°), Finke Gorge National Park, Northern Territory”, Australia.

References

Primary references

• Oliver, P.M. & McDonald, P.J. 2016. Young relicts and old relicts: a novel palaeoendemic vertebrate from the Australian Central Uplands. Royal Society Open Science 4(1): 160018. DOI: 0.1098/rsos.160018 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Oedura luritja. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 August 2022.
• Fenner, A., McDonald, P., Hutchinson, M. & Cogger, H. 2018. IUCN: Oedura luritja  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T109451881A109451885. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109451881A109451885.en. Accessed on 09 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Mereenie Velvet Gecko

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