Oedura coggeri
| Oedura coggeri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diplodactylidae |
| Genus: | Oedura |
| Species: | O. coggeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Oedura coggeri Bustard, 1966
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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.[1][2][3]
Etymology
The specific name, coggeri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harold Cogger.[4]
References
- ^ "Oedura coggeri ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ "Oedura coggeri Bustard, 1966 - Northern Spotted Velvet Gecko". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Northern spotted velvet gecko – Oedura coggeri ". Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (Queensland). Government of Queensland. 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ 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).
Further reading
- Bustard, H. Robert (1966). "The Oedura tryoni complex: east Australian rock-dwelling geckos. (Reptilia : Gekkonidae)". Bull. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Zool. 14: 1-14. (Oedura coggeri, new species, pp. 9–12).
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