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Phyllurus championae COUPER, SCHNEIDER, HOSKIN & COVACEVICH, 2000

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Higher TaxaCarphodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymPhyllurus championae COUPER, SCHNEIDER, HOSKIN & COVACEVICH 2000
Phyllurus championae — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Phyllurus championae — COGGER 2014: 273
Phyllurus championae — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 108
Phyllurus championae — HOSKIN 2023 
DistributionAustralia (mid-east Queensland coast)

Type locality: Cameron Ck, 6.5 km WNW Koumala (21° 34’ 24’’ S, 149° 11’ 06’’ E), MEQ.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: QM J64847, male; paratypes: QM 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: P. championae almost invariably (18/19) has a fully divided rostral scale. This feature, combined with a leaf-shaped tail, distinguish it from all other Phyllurus spp. A specimen of P. championae with an only partially divided rostral could be confused with some specimens of P. ossa which have a rostral partially divided by a single groove. (This is a rare state in P. ossa which usually has 2 or 3 partial grooves). From such specimens of P. ossa, *partial single groove' specimens of P. championae can be distinguished readily by a straight groove vs a Y-shaped groove. (Couper et al. 2000)


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CommentDistribution: See map in Hoskin 2023: 234 (Fig. 1) 
EtymologyNamed after Irene Champion, a Resource Ranger with Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, who pointed the authors to the Cameron Ck/Black Mtn as a potential source of “unusual fauna”. 
References
  • 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
  • Couper, P. J., SCHNEIDER, C. J., HOSKIN, C. J. & J. A. COVACEVICH 2000. Australian leaf-tailed geckos: phylogeny, a new genus, two new species and other new data. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45 (2): 253-265 - get paper here
  • HOSKIN, C. J. 2023. A new species of Phyllurus leaf-tailed gecko (Lacertilia: Carphodactylidae) from Scawfell Island, mid-east Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 5244 (3): 233-243 - get paper here
  • Hoskin, C.J.; P. J. Couper & C. J. Schneider 2003. A New Species of Phyllurus (Lacertailia: Gekkonidae) and a Revised Phylogeny and Key for the Australian Leaf-tailed Geckos. Australian Journal of Zoology 51 (2): 153-164 - 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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