Orraya occultus (COUPER, COVACEVICH & MORITZ, 1993)
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Orraya occultus
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| Higher Taxa | Carphodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Long-necked Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko |
| Synonym | Saltuarius occultus COUPER, COVACEVICH & MORITZ 1993: 104 Saltuarius occultus — COGGER 2000: 743 Orraya occultus — COUPER, SCHNEIDER, HOSKIN, COVACEVICH, 2000 Orraya occultus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Orraya occultus — COGGER 2014: 270 Orraya occultus — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 106 |
| Distribution | Australia (Queensland) Type locality: Peach Ck, Mcnwraith Ra., 19km ENE of Mt Croll (13°45', 143°19') FNEQ. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: QM J37040 (Queensland Museum), female |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: S. occultus is a moderately spinose, mediumsized Saltuarius (maximum SVL 108mm). An extremely long, thin neck, a function of elongate neck vertebrae (Fig. lOa), mean % NUSVL 24.2; a series of enlarged, spinose tubercles fringing the regenerated tail; and three lumbar vertebrae (Fig. 12b) separate it from all its congeners. S. occultus resembles S. cornutus and S. salebrosus in having male pre-anal pores (Fig. 5a-c). These are not present in S. swaini (Fig. 5d). In S. occultus they are very pronounced, and form a raised cluster (vs not pronounced, only just visible without magnification, and flat) [from COUPER et al. 1993]. |
| Comment | Type Species: Saltuarius occultus is the type species of the genus Orraya COUPER et al. 1993. Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). Conservation: this is one of the most-threatened reptile species in Australia (Geyle et al. 2021). |
| Etymology | Named after the Latin-'hidden' and so, difficult to find. |
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