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Phyllurus nepthys COUPER, COVACEVICH & MORITZ, 1993

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Higher TaxaCarphodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymPhyllurus nepthys COUPER, COVACEVICH & MORITZ 1993: 115
Phyllurus nepthys — COGGER 2000: 742
Phyllurus nepthys — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Phyllurus nepthys — COGGER 2014: 275
Phyllurus nepthys — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 112
Phyllurus nepthys — HOSKIN 2023 
DistributionAustralia (Queensland)

Type locality: Finch Hatton NP (21 °06' , 148°38') MEQ.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: QM J34058 (Queensland Museum); Paratypes: AM 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS: P. nepthys is an extremely spinose, large Phyllurus (maximum SVL 103 mm). A 'peppered' brown venter separates it from all its congeners (with immaculate or mottled venters). P. nepthys is further distinguished from P. caudiannulatus by its rostral groove (partially divided, Fig. 7e vs completely divided, Fig. 7a); from P. isis and P. platurus by the depth of its acarodomatia = axillary pits (moderately to deeply invaginated vs shallowly invaginated); and from P. ossa by rostral grooves (1 groove partially dividing the rostral, Fig. 7e vs 1-3 grooves, usually 3, only rarely 1 or 2, partially dividing the rostral, Fig. 7f-h) [from COUPER et al. 1993]. 
CommentDistribution: See map in Hoskin 2023: 234 (Fig. 1) 
EtymologyNamed after some name in Egyptian mythology (Mackenzie, 1978). The epithet is to be treated as a noun in apposition. 
References
  • 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.; Covacevich, J.A. & Mortiz, C. 1993. A review of the leaf-tailed geckos endemic to eastern Australia: a new genus, four new species, and other new data. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34 (1): 95-124 - get paper here
  • HOSKIN, C. J. 2023. A new species of Phyllurus leaf-tailed gecko (Lacertilia: Carphodactylidae) from Scawfell Island, mid-east Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 5244 (3): 233-243 - get paper here
  • Hoskin, C.J.; P. J. Couper & C. J. Schneider 2003. A New Species of Phyllurus (Lacertailia: Gekkonidae) and a Revised Phylogeny and Key for the Australian Leaf-tailed Geckos. Australian Journal of Zoology 51 (2): 153-164 - get paper here
  • Shea, Glenn M; Sadlier, Ross A 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. TECHNICAL REPORTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM 15, 1999: 1-91 - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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