Amalosia robusta

Amalosia robusta

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: Amalosia
Species: Amalosia robusta

Name

Amalosia robusta (Boulenger, 1885)

• Lectotype: BMNH 1854.11.1.2, ♂. [designated by Wells & Wellington (1985: 10)]
• Type locality: “Australia”.
• Paralectotypes (n=3): BMNH 1832.8.10.5, 1863.6.16.35 and 1866.2.13.26.

Combinations

• Oedura robusta Boulenger, 1885: 106 [original combination]
• Nebulifera robusta — Oliver, Bauer, Greenbaum, Jackman & Hobbie, 2012: 260 [subsequent combination]
• Amalosia — Hoskin & Couper, 2023 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 1. Gekkonidae, Eublapheridae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. Second edition. Trustees of the British Museum: London. xiii + 436 pp., 32 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Oliver, P.M., Bauer, A.M., Greenbaum, E., Jackman, T. & Hobbie, T. 2012. Molecular phylogenetics of the arboreal Australian gecko genus Oedura Gray 1842 (Gekkota: Diplodactylidae): Another plesiomorphic grade? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63(2): 255–264. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.12.013 Reference page. 
• Hoksin, C.J. & Couper, P.J. 2023. Revision of zigzag geckos (Diplodactylidae: Amalosia) in eastern Australia, with description of five new species. Zootaxa 5343(4): 301–337. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5343.4.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Sanderson, C. & Greenlees, M. 2018. IUCN: Amalosia robusta  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102677890A102678012. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102677890A102678012.en. Accessed on 07 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Robust Velvet Gecko

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