Saltuarius cornutus (OGILBY, 1892)
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Saltuarius cornutus
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| Higher Taxa | Carphodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Common Names | E: Northern Leaf-tail Gecko, Leaf-tailed Gecko G: Blattschwanzgecko |
| Synonym | Gymnodactylus cornutus OGILBY 1892 Phyllurus lichenosus GÜNTHER 1897: 404 Phyllurus cornutus — GÜNTHER 1897 Phyllurus cornutus — GARMAN 1901: 2 Gymnodactylus platurus — LÖNNBERG & ANDERSSON 1915 Phyllurus cornutus — LOVERIDGE 1947: 299 Gymnodactylus spyrurus — BARRETT 1950 (non Gymnodactylus sphyryrus OG.) Phyllurus cornutus — WERMUTH 1965: 148 Phyllurus cornutum — SWANSON 1976 Phyllurus swaini — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985 Phyllurus cornutus — KLUGE 1993 Saltuarius cornutus — COUPER, COVACEVICH & MORITZ 1993: 100 Saltuarius cornutus — RÖSLER 1995: 78 Saltuarius cornutus — COGGER 2000: 269 Saltuarius cornutus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Saltuarius cornutus — LIVIGNI 2013: 264 Saltuarius cornutus — COGGER 2014: 278 Saltuarius cornutus — RÖSLER 2018: 23 Saltuarius cornutus — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 113 |
| Distribution | Australia (four disjunct populations in Queensland): N Cape York Peninsula near Coen, Townsville to Cooktown, Stanthorpe, extreme SE Qeensland. Type locality: Bellenden-Ker Ranges, NE Queensland. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Lectotype: AMS R749 Cairns district, Qld (Cairns & Grant). Designation by Cogger et al. (1983), as determined by Shea & Sadlier (1999). |
| Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS (genus): Nostril in contact with rostral (vs not contacting the rostral in Phyllurus); anterior margin of interclavicle flat, or forward projecting without distinct process, Fig. 2a-d (vs bearing a distinct process); axilla not, or only very rarely and shallowly, invaginated (vs always, sometimes deeply invaginated); epipubic cartilage moderate to large, wedge-shaped, Fig. la-d (vs small -moderate, wedge-shaped); male preanal pores present, Fig. 5a-c; save for one species (from COUPER et al. 1993). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 2771 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Phyllurus cornutus seems to be a composite species. Type Species: Gymnodactylus cornutus OGILBY 1892 is the type species of the genus Saltuarius COUPER, COVACEVICH & MORITZ 1993. Distribution: not in NSW; these populations are variously assigned to S. swaini, S. moritzi, S. kateae and S. wyberba now. Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. |
| Etymology | Named after Latin cornutum = “horned”, for the spikes on its head and body. The genus name is from the Latin-'keeper of the forest'. |
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