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Nephrurus amyae COUPER, 1994

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Higher TaxaCarphodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Centralian Rough Knob-tail gecko
G: Australischer Knopfschwanzgecko, Grosser Rauer Knopfschwanzgecko 
SynonymNephrurus amyae COUPER in COUPER & GREGSON 1994: 60
Nephrurus amyae — COGGER 2000: 741
Nephrurus amyae — OLIVER & BAUER 2011
Nephrurus amyae — COGGER 2014: 264
Nephrurus amyae — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 101 
DistributionAustralia (Northern Territory)

Type locality: Winnecke Goldfields, Garden Stn, N of Alice Springs, NT  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: AMS R104458 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS N. amyae is the largest and most spinose member of the N. asper species group. Its large size distinguishes it from other members of this group (max SVL 135mm vs 114mm N. asper, 121mm N. sheai). It is further distinguished from N. asper and N. sheai by the spinosity of the its rump and thighs (extremely spinose vs moderately spinose). The arrangement of the basal scales surrounding the tubercules on the rump and thighs also separates N. amyae from N. asper and N. sheai. In N. amyae the basal scales are irregular in size and in most specimens examined, some of the basal scales are greater than half the height of the central scale. In N. asper and N. sheai the basal scales are uniform in size and less than half the height of the central scale. In the KS2 analysis N. amyae and N. asper (excluding broad-banded CYP specimens which are not significantly separable from other QLD populations of this species) show significant separation of the shape of frequency distributions for; KW, HW, S, NL, R & I. N. amyae and N. sheai show significant separation of the shape of frequency distributions for; KW, HW, HL, S, NL, SL, IL, R & I (Table 1). (Couper & Gregson 1994)


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CommentDistribution: for a map of localities see Oliver et al. 2022: 217 (Fig. 1). 
EtymologyNamed after the daughter of the describer, Amy Couper (b. 1993). 
References
  • Barbora Augstenová, Eleonora Pensabene, Milan Veselý, Lukáš Kratochvíl, Michail Rovatsos 2021. Are Geckos Special in Sex Determination? Independently Evolved Differentiated ZZ/ZW Sex Chromosomes in Carphodactylid Geckos. Genome Biology and Evolution 13 (7) - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • 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.
  • Couper P J; Gregson R A M 1994. Redescription of Nephrurus asper Gunther, and description of N. amyae sp. nov. and N. sheai sp. nov. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 37(1): 53-67 - get paper here
  • Daza, Juan D. and Aaron M. Bauer 2012. Temporal Bones of the Gekkota Support Molecular Relationships within the Pygopodoidea. Journal of Herpetology 46 (3): 381-386. - get paper here
  • Jolly, C., Schembri, B., & Macdonald, S. 2023. Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Northern Territory. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne - get paper here
  • Laube, A. 2007. Erfahrungen bei der Haltung und Vermehrung von Nephrurus amyae COUPER & GREGSON 1994. Sauria 29 (1): 15-21 - get paper here
  • Laube, A. & Langner, C. 2007. Die “Geckos” Australiens. Draco 8 (29): 4-21 - get paper here
  • Laube, A. & Langner, C. 2013. Der grosse raue Knopfschwanzgecko, Nephrurus amyae. Natur und Tier Verlag, 64 pp.
  • Laube, Andreas 2002. Captive Maintenance and Breeding of Some Ground Dwelling Australian Geckos Part III: Nephrurus amyae COUPER, 1994. Gekko 3 (1): 43-48
  • Love, B. 2010. Amphibien und Reptilien fotografieren – mit Stil. Reptilia (Münster) 15 (84): 84-85 - get paper here
  • Schönecker, P. 2007. Biologie, Haltung und Nachzucht des australischen Knopfschwanzgeckos Nephrurus amyae. Draco 8 (29): 39-43 - 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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