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Amalosia robusta (BOULENGER, 1885)

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Robust Velvet Gecko, Robust Gecko 
SynonymOedura robusta BOULENGER 1885: 106
Amalosia robusta — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984
Oedura robusta — KLUGE 1993
Oedura robusta — COGGER 2000: 266
Oedura robusta — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 98
Nebulifera robusta — OLIVER et al. 2012
Amalosia robusta — HOSKIN & COUPER 2023 
DistributionAustralia (NE New South Wales, E Queensland northward to Atherton Tableland)

Type locality: Australia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 54.11.1.2 (designated by Wells & Wellington 1985). 
Diagnosis 
CommentType species: Oedura robusta BOULENGER 1885 is the type species of the genus Nebulifera OLIVER et al. 2012. Hoskin & Couper 2023 synonymized Nebulifera with Amalosia.

Karyotype: 2n = 38 including both metacentric and acrocentric elements, although the exact number of each was not specified (King, 1987).

Habitat: N. robusta is ecologically flexible and readily adapts to arboreal and saxicoline habitats in warm temperate to subtropical woodland and open forest. It also copes moderately well with dis- turbance, surviving in pockets of suitable habitat within urbanised areas (such as Kangaroo Cliffs near the centre of Brisbane) and fre- quently colonises buildings close to bushland. 
EtymologyEtymology (genus): ‘‘cloud-bearer’’ from the Latin nebulo (cloud) and fera (bearer), in reference to the light blotches along the dorsum. The generic name is feminine. 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • COUPER,PATRICK J.; LAUREN D. KEIM & CONRAD J. HOSKIN 2007. A new velvet Gecko (Gekkonidae: Oedura) from south-east Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 1587: 27–41 - get paper here
  • Eldridge, M. D. B., S. Ingleby, A. G. King, S. V. Mahony, H. E. Parnaby, C. A. Beatson, A. Divljan, G. J. Frankham, A. C. Hay, R. E. Major, S. E. Reader, R. A. Sadlier, and L. R. Tsang. 2020. Australian Museum surveys of the vertebrate fauna of Coolah Tops National Park, NSW. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum Online 30: 1–26 - get paper here
  • Fallend, S. 2007. Auf Geckosuche in Australien. Draco 8 (29): 78-84 - get paper here
  • HOSKIN, 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 - get paper here
  • Kay, G.M.; D. Michael; M. Crane; S. Okada; C. MacGregor; D. Florance; D. Trengove; L. McBurney; D. Blair; D.B. Lindenmayer. 2013. A list of reptiles and amphibians from Box Gum Grassy Woodlands in south-eastern Australia. Check List 9 (3):476-481 - get paper here
  • Laube, A. & Langner, C. 2007. Australische Samtgeckos. Die Gattung Oedura. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 64 pp. - get paper here
  • Oliver, Paul M.; Aaron M. Bauer, Eli Greenbaum, Todd Jackman, Tara Hobbie 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 - get paper here
  • Schmida, G. 2007. Betrachtungen zu den australischen Samtgeckos der Gattung Oedura. Draco 8 (29): 22-30 - get paper here
  • Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp.
  • Wells, R. W. and Wellington, C. R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series (1): 1-61 [sometimes cited as 1983] - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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