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
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	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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 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	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 Profile of Nephrurus amyae on Reptarium

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