Nephrurus laevissimus MERTENS, 1958

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Higher Taxa	Carphodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Smooth Knob-tail
Synonym	Nephrurus levis KINGHORN 1924 (part.) Nephrurus laevissimus MERTENS 1958 Nephrurus laevissimus — KLUGE 1993 Nephrurus laevissimus — COGGER 2000: 256 Nephrurus laevissimus — OLIVER & BAUER 2011 Nephrurus laevissimus — COGGER 2014: 266 Nephrurus leavissumus — DITTMER et al. 2020 (in error) Nephrurus laevissimus — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 103
Distribution	Australia (SW Northern Territory, W South Australia, Western Australia) Type locality: 2 km NW of Ayera Rock, N. T.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: SMF 53201 (laevissimus)
Diagnosis
Comment	Abundance: common, with more than 1000 specimens collected (Pianka 2011)
Etymology	Presumably named after the Latin levis (smooth), plus the superlative suffix -issimus, referring to this species being even smoother than the previously described N. levis. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024)
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. Dittmer, D. E., Chapman, T. L. & Bidwell, J. R. 2020. In the shadow of an iconic inselberg: Uluru’s shadow influences climates and reptile assemblage structure at its base. J. Arid Environ. 181, 104179 (2020) - get paper here Hays, Brenton J.; Joseph R. Bidwell and Drew E. Dittmer 2019. An assessment of thermal preference of two species of Knob-tailed Geckos, Nephrurus levis and N. laevissimus, at Uluru Kata-Tjuta National Park. Northern Territory Naturalist 29: 40-53 - get paper here Laube, Andreas 2001. Captive Maintenance and Breeding of Some Ground Dwelling Australian Geckos, Part 1: Nephrurus laevissimus and Nephrurus levis. Gekko 2 (1): 30-36 Mertens, R. 1958. Neue Eidechsen aus Australien. Senckenbergiana Biologica 39:51-56. Mertens, R. 1967. Die herpetologische Sektion des Natur-Museums und Forschungs-Institutes Senckenberg in Frankfurt am Main nebst einem Verzeichnis ihrer Typen. Senckenbergiana Biologica 48: 1-106 - get paper here Oliver, P.M. & Bauer, A.M. 2011. Systematics. and evolution of the Australian knob-tail geckos (Nephrurus, Carphodactylidae, Gekkota): Pleisomorphic grades and biome shifts through the Miocene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (3): 664-674 - get paper here Storr, G. M. 1963. The gekkonid genus Nephrurus in Western Australia, including a new species and three new subspecies. J. Royal Soc. Western Australia, 46:85-90. - 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.kingsnake.com/oz/lizards/geckos/geckos.htm http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Nephrurus… Google images

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