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Nephrurus wheeleri

Summary

Nephrurus wheeleri, also known commonly as the banded knob-tailed gecko, the southern banded knob-tailed gecko, and Wheeler's knob-tailed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Carphodactylidae.[2] The species, like all species of Nephrurus, is endemic to Australia.

Nephrurus wheeleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Carphodactylidae
Genus: Nephrurus
Species:
N. wheeleri
Binomial name
Nephrurus wheeleri
Loveridge, 1932

Etymology edit

The specific name, wheeleri, is in honor of American entomologist William Morton Wheeler.[3]

Geographic range edit

N. wheeleri is found in the Australian state of Western Australia.[2]

Habitat edit

The preferred natural habitats of N. wheeleri are shrubland and rocky areas.[1]

Reproduction edit

N. wheeleri is oviparous.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Doughty, P.; Melville, J.; How, R.; Ford, S.; Sanderson, C.; Craig, M. (2017). "Nephrurus wheeleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T178261A83324444. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178261A83324444.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Species Nephrurus wheeleri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Nephrurus wheeleri, p. 283).

Further reading edit

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350. (Nephrurus wheeleri, p. 269).
  • Loveridge A (1932). "New lizards of the genera Nephrurus and Amphibolurus from Western Australia". Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 13: 31–34. (Nephrurus wheeleri, new species).
  • Oliver PM, Bauer AM (2011). "Systematics and evolution of the Australian knob-tailed geckos (Nephrurus, Carphodactylidae, Gekkota): Plesiomorphic grades and biome shifts through the Miocene". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (3): 664–674.
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.