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Oedura atra HOSKIN, 2025

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Basalt Velvet Gecko 
SynonymOedura atra HOSKIN 2025: 552 
DistributionAustralia (Queensland)

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Sturgeon Basalt, north of Hughenden, (-20.67680°, 144.16797°),  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. QM J98083, female, collected by C. J. Hoskin, 1 October 2022, field collection code conx6580.
Paratypes. QM J98082 (female), J98084 (male), J98085 (male), collection details as for holotype, field collection codes conx6579, conx6581, conx6582, respectively. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Oedura atra sp. nov. is a medium-sized Oedura with a body pattern of narrow, pale bands on a dark background; a tail that is relatively short (original TL/SVL 0.55–0.58; regrown TL/SVL 0.46–0.47) and wide (original TW/TL 0.24–0.30; regrown TW/TL 0.34–0.35); a relatively wide head (HW/SVL 0.20–0.21); a pale nuchal band that is narrowly continuous with the pale line along the mouth to the snout; a single cloacal spur on each side; a dark brown/copper iris; and a rostral scale only partially divided by a medial vertical groove.


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References
  • HOSKIN, C. J. 2025. A new species of velvet gecko (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from basalt habitat of inland north Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 5583(3): 549-559 - get paper here
 
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