Species Oedura marmorata Gray, 1842

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• Oedura marmorata Gray, J.E. 1842. Description of some hitherto unrecorded species of Australian reptiles and batrachians. pp. 51-57 in Gray, J.E. (ed.). The Zoological Miscellany. London : Treuttel, Würz & Co. [52].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH xxii.2b, Port Essington, NT.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Bustard, H.R. 1970. Oedura marmorata: a complex of Australian geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 51: 21-40.
• Oedura greeri Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [14].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R87677, Mt Doreen, NT [22°02'S 131°20'E].

  Secondary source:

   Kluge, A.G. 1991. Checklist of gekkonoid lizards. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service (85): 1-35.
• Oedura derelicta Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [14].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM R11413, Jessie Gap, 17 km E Alice Springs, NT.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, desert, low open shrubland, low open woodland, low woodland, nocturnal, open forest, open scrub, oviparous, saxicoline, tall open shrubland, tall shrubland.

 

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)

 

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Marbled Velvet Gecko)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	DIPLODACTYLIDAE	24-Sep-2020	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	GEKKOTA	05-Oct-2018	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	DIPLODACTYLIDAE	23-May-2016	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)