Nephrurus amyae COUPER, 1994

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Higher Taxa	Carphodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Centralian Rough Knob-tail gecko G: Australischer Knopfschwanzgecko, Grosser Rauer Knopfschwanzgecko
Synonym	Nephrurus amyae COUPER in COUPER & GREGSON 1994 Nephrurus amyae — COGGER 2000: 741 Nephrurus amyae — OLIVER & BAUER 2011 Nephrurus amyae — COGGER 2014: 264 Nephrurus amyae — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 101
Distribution	Australia (Northern Territory) Type locality: Winnecke Goldfields, Garden Stn, N of Alice Springs, NT
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: AMS R104458
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named 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 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.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/gekkonidae.pdf http://www.oropel.de/gna.htm http://www.terraristikladen.com/galerie_nephrurus_amyae.htm http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Nephrurus/amyae Google images

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