Phyllurus gulbaru HOSKIN, COUPER & SCHNEIDER, 2003

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Higher Taxa	Carphodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Phyllurus gulbaru HOSKIN, COUPER & SCHNEIDER 2000: 155 Phyllurus gulbaru — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Phyllurus gulbaru — COGGER 2014: 273 Phyllurus gulbaru — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 109
Distribution	Australia (Queensland) Type locality: Palm Tree Ck, Paluma Range (19° 20’ S, 146° 28’ E), NE Queensland, Australia.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: QM J75778, male
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (n=3): P. gulbaru, sp. nov., is the only Phyllurus with a partially divided rostral scale and a cylindrical, tapering, non-depressed tail (original and regenerated). (Hoskin et al. 2003) 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 4971 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Limited to a 14 square kilometer area in Queensland and therefore extremely endangered. Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	named after the Aboriginal name for the Paluma Range.
References	Bertola, Lorenzo V.; Megan Higgie, and Conrad J. Hoskin 2018. Resolving distribution and population fragmentation in two leaf-tailed gecko species of north-east Australia: key steps in the conservation of microendemic species. Australian Journal of Zoology 66 (2): 152-166 - 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 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 HOSKIN, CONRAD J.; LORENZO V. BERTOLA, MEGAN HIGGIE 2019. A new species of Phyllurus leaf-tailed gecko (Lacertilia: Carphodactylidae) from The Pinnacles, north-east Australia. Zootaxa 4576 (1): 127–139 - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - 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.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/gekkonidae.pdf http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Phyllurus/gulbaru Google images

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