Uvidicolus sphyrurus (OGILBY, 1892)

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Higher Taxa	Carphodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Border Thick-tailed Gecko
Synonym	Gymnodactylus sphyrurus OGILBY 1892 Heteronota walshi KINGHORN 1931 Phyllurus walshi — KLUGE 1963 Phyllurus sphyrurus — KLUGE 1965 Heteronotia walshi — WERMUTH 1965 Underwoodisaurus sphyrurus — INGRAM & COVACEVICH 1981 Nephrurus sphyrurus — BAUER 1990 Underwoodisaurus sphyrurus — COGGER 1992 Underwoodisaurus sphyurus (?) Nephrurus sphyrurus — RÖSLER 1995: 75 Nephrurus sphyrurus — RÖSLER 2000: 97 Underwoodisaurus sphyrurus — COGGER 2000: 276 Nephrurus sphyrurus — LAUBE & LANGNER 2007 Underwoodisaurus sphyrurus — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 116 Uvidicolus sphyrurus — OLIVER & BAUER 2011 Uvidicolus sphyrurus — COGGER 2014: 285 Uvidicolus sphyrurus — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 118
Distribution	Australia (New South Wales and S Queensland: granitic highlands of the Murray-Darling Basin) Type locality: interior of N. S. W. (Tumut?) [in error, fide Cogger et al., 1983]
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: AMS (AM) R3800
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Comment	Type species: Gymnodactylus sphyrurus Ogilby, 1892 is the type species of the genus Uvidicolus OLIVER & BAUER 2011. Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species.
Etymology	The genus name is derived from the Latin uvidus, meaning moist or humid, and -colus, dwelling in. In reference to the restricted range ofthis gecko in relatively mesic and cool highland areas of the central Great Dividing Range of eastern Australia.
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. Kinghorn,J.R. 1931. Herpetological notes 3. Rec. Austral. Mus. 18: 267-269 - get paper here Laube, Andreas & Robert Porter 2004. Captive Maintenance and Breeding of Some Ground Dwelling Australian Geckos Part IV: Underwoodisaurus milii (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823) and Underwoodisaurus sphyrurus (Ogilby, 1892). Gekko 4 (1): 23-32 Ogilby, J. D. 1892. Descriptions of three new Australian lizards. Rec. Austral. Mus. 2: 6—11 - get paper here Oliver, P.M. & Bauer, A.M. 2011. Systematics. and evolution of the Australian knob-tail geckos (Nephrurus, Carphodactylidae, Gekkota): Pleisomorphic grades and biome shifts through the Miocene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (3): 664-674 - get paper here Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Rösler, Herbert 1995. Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Urania, Leipzig, 256 pp. Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp. Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - 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.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Uvidicolus… Google images

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