Orraya occultus

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: Orraya
Species: Orraya occultus

Name

Orraya occultus (Couper, Covacevich & Moritz, 1993)

• Holotype: QM J37040, ♀, collected by J.W. Winter, R.G. Atherton and P.A. Matthew on 7 June 1979.
• Type locality: “Peach Ck., Mcllwraith Ra., 19km ENE of Mt Croll (13°45’, 143°19’) FNEQ [=Far Northeastern Queensland]”, Australia.

Combinations

• Saltuarius occultus Couper, Covacevich & Moritz, 1993: 104 [original combination]
• Orraya occultus — Couper, Schneider, Hoskin & Covacevich, 2000: 255 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• 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. 
• Couper, P.J., Schneider, C.J., Hoskin, C.J. & Covacevich, J.A. 2000. Australian Leaf–tailed geckos: phylogeny, a new genus, two new species and other new data. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45(2): 253–265. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Orraya occultus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 March 2020.
• Hoskin, C., Couper, P. & Amey, A. 2018. IUCN: Orraya occultus  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T178382A83325202. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T178382A83325202.en

Vernacular names

English: Long-necked Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko

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