Amalosia obscura (KING, 1985)

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Higher Taxa	Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Slim Velvet Gecko
Synonym	Oedura rhombifera SMITH & JOHNSTONE 1981 (partim) Oedura obscura KING 1985: 330 Amalosia obscura — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1989 Oedura obscura — KLUGE 1993 Oedura obscura — COGGER 2000: 265 Oedura obscura — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 96 Amalosia obscura — OLIVER et al. 2012 Amalosia obscura — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 120 Amalosia obscura — HOSKIN & COUPER 2023
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia: NW Kimberley and adjacent islands) Type locality: Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia (14°53’30”S 125°45’00”E)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R83706, (J Dell 27.vii.1982)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A small slim dorsoventrally compressed gekko distinguished from all other Oedura by its size, scalation, colour and back pattern. No other Oedura have a banded pattern consisting of dark chocolate brown bands interspaced by fawn bands with small white spots occurring in the fawn bands. The only other Oedura species similar in size to O. obscura have a vertebral line in their back pattern, be it zig zag or straight (O. lesueurii, O. rhombifer, and O. reticulata). O. obscura also has slightly larger, round and flat dorsal scales, whereas, the other small Oedura have fine and granular dorsal scalation. Moreover, O. reticulata, diagnostically has a single post anal tubercle on each side of the tail, whereas, O. obscura has three tubercles. (King 1985)
Comment
Etymology	The name obscura is derived from the latin obscurus meaning dark, shady or hidden.
References	Chapple, David G.; Reid Tingley, Nicola J. Mitchell, Stewart L. Macdonald, J. Scott Keogh, Glenn M. Shea, Philip Bowles, Neil A. Cox, John C. Z. Woinarski 2019. The Action Plan for Australian Lizards and Snakes 2017. CSIRO, 663 pp. DOI: 10.1071/9781486309474 - 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. Ellis, Ryan J.; Paul Doughty and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. An annotated type catalogue of the geckos and pygopods (Squamata: Gekkota: Carphodactylidae, Diplodactylidae, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 33: 051–094 - 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 King,M. 1985. Three new species of Oedura (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the Mitchell Plateau of north Western Australia. Amphibia-Reptilia 5 (3-4): 329-337 [1984] - 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 Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Oedura/obscura https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/reptiliaweb/FichaEspecie/Amphisbaena%20alba http://www.ib.usp.br/~crinog/pages/Amphisbaena%20anaemariae%20RCAA%20MZUSP… Google images

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