Species Oedura castelnaui (Thominot, 1889)
Northern Velvet Gecko
- Phyllodactylus (Oedura) castelnaui Thominot, A. 1889. Observations sur quelques reptiles et batrachiens de la collection du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 6: 21-30 [22] [nomen protectum; in accordance with the provisions of articles 23.9.1.1 and 23.9.1.2 of the ICZN (Hoskin et al. 2018)].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP 6802, Australia.Subsequent designation references:
Bustard, H.R. 1970. Oedura marmorata: a complex of Australian geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 51: 21-40. - Oedura fracticolor De Vis, C.W. 1884. Notes on the fauna of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1: 154-160 [160] [nomen oblitum; in accordance with the provisions of articles 23.9.1.1 and 23.9.1.2 of the ICZN (Hoskin et al. 2018)].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (presumed lost), Kimberley [currently Normanton], mouth of Norman River, Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD. - Oedura mayeri Garman, S. 1901. Some reptiles and batrachians from Australasia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 39: 1-14 [3, pl. 2 figs 2-2c].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MCZ 6469, QLD; MCZ 6471 5 specimens (tags not attached); AMNH 12859.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [95]
- Hoskin, C.J., Zozaya, S.M. & Vanderduys, E. 2018. A new species of velvet gecko (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from sandstone habitats of inland north Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 4486(2): 101–114 [103]
Introduction
In their revision of the Oedura marmorata complex, Oliver & Doughty (2016) suggest that the description of Oedura fracticolor De Vis, 1884 more closely matches the appearance of O. castelnaui (Thominot, 1889) than that of O. marmorata Gray, 1842, but refrained from taking any nomenclatorial decision without comparative material at hand from the same region where the type of O. fracticolor comes from.
Hoskin et al. (2018) clarify that Oedura fracticolor and O. castelnauei are the same species and therefore the former is the senior synonym. However, as the provisions of art. 23.9.1.1 and art. 23.9.1.2 of the ICZN are fulfilled, the prevailing usage of O. castelnauei is maintained over Oedura fracticolor.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous, tussock grassland.
Extra Ecological Information
Often found on the ground debris and litter.
General References
Bustard, H.R. 1970. Oedura marmorata: a complex of Australian geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 51: 21-40 (taxonomy)
Cogger, H.G. 1957. Investigations in the gekkonid genus Oedura Gray. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 82: 167-179 (taxonomy, as Oedura castelnaui)
Hoskin, C.J., Zozaya, S.M. & Vanderduys, E. 2018. A new species of velvet gecko (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from sandstone habitats of inland north Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 4486(2): 101–114 [103]
Oliver, P.M & Doughty, P. 2016. Systematic revision of the marbled velvet geckos (Oedura marmorata species complex, Diplodactylidae) from the Australian arid and semi-arid zones. Zootaxa 4088(2): 151-176 [161]
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Northern Velvet Gecko)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | GEKKOTA | 09-Oct-2018 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 16-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 16-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 07-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |