You are here » home search results Nephrurus asper

Nephrurus asper GÜNTHER, 1876

Can you confirm these amateur observations of Nephrurus asper?

Add your own observation of
Nephrurus asper »

Find more photos by Google images search: Google images

Higher TaxaCarphodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Rough Knob-tail, Spiny Knob-tailed Gecko 
SynonymNephrurus asper GÜNTHER 1876
Nephrurus asper — BOULENGER 1885: 9
Nephrurus asper — STERNFELD 1925: 227
Nephrus asper — GUNDY & WURST 1976
Nephrurus asper — KLUGE 1993
Nephrurus asper — COGGER 2000: 254
Nephrurus asper — OLIVER & BAUER 2011
Nephrurus asper — COGGER 2014: 264
Nephrurus asper — RÖSLER 2018: 23
Nephrurus asper — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 102 
DistributionN Australia (Queensland, Northern Territory, N Western Australia)

Type locality: Peak Downs, Qld.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.23.34 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2342 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentType species: Nephrurus asper GÜNTHER 1876 is the type species of the genus Nephrurus GÜNTHER 1876.

Caudal autotomy: Bauer & Russell surveyed autotomy in carphodactylid geckos, including Nephrurus. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “asper(a)” = rough. 
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
  • Bauer, Aaron M.;Russell, Anthony P. 1994. Is autotomy frequency reduced in geckos with "actively functional" tails? Herpetological Natural History 2 (2): 1-15
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here
  • Breeden, Stanley 1988. The first Australians. National Geographic 173(2): 266-289
  • Broom, R. 1898. On the lizards of the Chillagoe District, N Queensland. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 22: 639-645 [1897] - get paper here
  • Bustard, H.R. 1967. Defensive dispaly behaviour of the Australian gecko Nephrurus asper Herpetologica 23 (2): 126-129. - 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
  • Christian, K. 1993. Egg Size of the Prickly Knob- Tailed Gecko (Nephrurus asper) witha Preliminary Comparison of Investment Per Progeny among Gecko. Jour. Int. Gecko Soc. 1 (4): 38-41
  • 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
  • Günther, A. 1876. Descriptions of new species of reptiles from Australia collected by Hr. Dämel for the Godeffroy Museum. Journal des Museum Godeffroy 5 (12):45-47 - get paper here
  • Laube, A. & Langner, C. 2013. Der grosse raue Knopfschwanzgecko, Nephrurus amyae. Natur und Tier Verlag, 64 pp.
  • Longman, H. A. 1918. Notes on some Queensland and Papuan reptiles. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 6: 37-44 - get paper here
  • Love, B. 2012. Börsenbesuch down under. Reptilia (Münster) 17 (94): 18-19 - 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
  • Oliver, Paul M.; Stephen C. Donnellan and Bee F. Gunn 2022. Plio–Pleistocene vicariance across arid Australia in the ‘Spiny Knob-tailed Geckos’ (Nephrurus asper group), with the description of a new species from western Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology, 69(6), 216–228 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2018. Haftbar -- Die einzigartige Welt der Geckos. Begleitheft zur Ausstellung im Naturkundemuseum Erfurt Mai-Aug 2018, 96 pp.
  • Sternfeld, R. 1925. Beiträge zur Herpetologie Inner-Australiens. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 38: 221—251
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
External links  
Is it interesting? Share with others:

As link to this species use URL address:

https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Nephrurus&species=asper

without field 'search_param'. Field 'search_param' is used for browsing search result.



Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator