Subspecies Nephrurus levis levis De Vis, 1886

Museums

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• Nephrurus levis De Vis, C.W. 1886. On certain geckos in the Queensland Museum. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 168-170 [1887 on title page] [168].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM J246, unstated locality, restriction to Chinchilla, QLD proposed by Covacevich (1971).

  Type locality references:

  Covacevich, J. 1971. Amphibian and reptile type specimens in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 49-68.
• Nephrurus platyurus Boulenger, G.A. 1886. Description of the new gecko of the genus Nephrurus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 91 [91].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1946.8.23.42, Adelaide, SA.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Finke (FIN), Gawler (GAW), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mulga Lands (ML), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)

Ecological Descriptors

Desert, hummock grassland, low open shrubland, low shrubland, nocturnal, oviparous, tall shrubland, tussock grassland.

General References

Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2003. A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia. Australia : Holland 448 pp. [78]

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