Oedura gracilis KING, 1985

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Higher Taxa	Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Gracile Velvet Gecko
Synonym	Oedura marmorata — SMITH & JOHNSTONE 1981 Oedura gracilis KING 1985 Oedura gracilis — KLUGE 1993 Oedura gracilis — COGGER 2000: 262 Oedura gracilis — OLIVER et al. 2012
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia: NW Kimberley and adjacent islands) Type locality: Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia (14°53’30”S 125°45’00”E)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R83709, (R How, 21.i.1982)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A large and racine species of Oedura distinguished from all others by the following characteristics. It differs from all species except 0. marmorata and O. castelnaui by its colouration and back pattern. It is distinguished from these species by its very slim build, long tapered tail and long legs. Its toes are very long and thin and are only terminally dilated, whereas, those of O. marmorata and O. castelnaui are dilated along their length. This feature is a reflection of the digital scalation, for O. gracilis has two round apical plates followed by one or two pairs of large round divided subdigital plates. The following 6 or 7 subdigital plates are smaller oval and undivided. In O. marmorata and O. castelnaui the two large round apical plates are followed by four pairs of large rounded subdigital plates of similar size, and then by two undivided plates. (King 1985) Additional details (3091 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Karyotype: 2n = 38 (King 1987)
Etymology	Named after Latin “gracilis”, meaning small or lanky, or gracile.
References	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. Ellis, Ryan J.; Paul Doughty and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. An annotated type catalogue of the geckos and pygopods (Squamata: Gekkota: Carphodactylidae, Diplodactylidae, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 33: 051–094 - get paper here King,M. 1985. Three new species of Oedura (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the Mitchell Plateau of north Western Australia. Amphibia-Reptilia 5 (3-4): 329-337 [1984] - get paper here Laube, A. & Langner, C. 2007. Australische Samtgeckos. Die Gattung Oedura. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 64 pp. - get paper here Laver RJ, Doughty P, Oliver PM. 2017. Origins and patterns of endemic diversity in two specialized lizard lineages from the Australian Monsoonal Tropics (Oedura spp.). J Biogeogr. 00: 1–12 - get paper here Oliver PM, McDonald PJ. 2016. Young relicts and old relicts: a novel palaeoendemic vertebrate from the Australian Central Uplands. R. Soc. open sci. 3: 160018 - get paper here Oliver, Paul M.; Aaron M. Bauer, Eli Greenbaum, Todd Jackman, Tara Hobbie 2012. Molecular phylogenetics of the arboreal Australian gecko genus Oedura Gray 1842 (Gekkota: Diplodactylidae): Another plesiomorphic grade? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63 (2): 255-264 - get paper here Schmida, G. 2007. Betrachtungen zu den australischen Samtgeckos der Gattung Oedura. Draco 8 (29): 22-30 - 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/Oedura/gracilis Google images

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