Nephrurus amyae

Nephrurus amyae, also known as the centralian rough knob-tailed gecko, is a species of gecko. It is the largest gecko in the genus Nephrurus, and like all species of Nephrurus is endemic to Australia.

Nephrurus amyae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Carphodactylidae
Genus: Nephrurus
Species:
N. amyae
Binomial name
Nephrurus amyae
Couper & Gregson, 1994

Etymology

The specific name, amyae, is in honor of Amy Couper, daughter of Australian herpetologist Patrick J. Couper.[1]

Geographic range

N. amyae is found primarily in the central portion of Australia.

Description

N. amyae generally has a brown to reddish color and a small tail with knob on the end.

Exemplars of Nephrurus amyae

References

  1. 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. (Nephrurus amyae, p. 7).
  • Western Australia Museum . Nephrurus amyae . 2006. Downloaded on 4 December 2007.

Further reading

  • Couper CJ, Gregson RAM (1994). "Redescription of Nephrurus asper Günther, and description of N. amyae sp. nov. and N. sheai sp. nov." Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 37 (1): 53-67. (Nephrurus amyae, new species, pp. 60–63, Figure 4).
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