Species Oedura tryoni De Vis, 1884

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• Oedura tryoni De Vis, C.W. 1884. On a new Australian lizard. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1: 53-56 [54].

  Type data:

   Neotype AM R21601, Stanthorpe, QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Bustard, H.R. 1966. The Oedura tryoni complex: east Australian rock dwelling geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 14: 1-14.
• Oedura ocellata Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). 1. London : British Museum xii 436 pp. 32 pls. [105, pl. 9 fig. 1] [see explanation under Oedura monilis for rejecting Bustard 1967's designation of a lectotype of this species].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 54.11.1.1 (figured specimen; remainder of syntype series, BMNH 64.7.22.4-6 and BMNH 64.10.27.2-3, are referred to Oedura monilis De Vis, 1888), Australia.

 

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. [97]
• Hoskin, C.J. 2019. Description of three new velvet geckos (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from inland eastern Australia, and redescription of Oedura monilis De Vis. Zootaxa 4683(3): 242-270 [248]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern QLD from west of Mackay to about Tamworth in northern NSW

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Low open woodland, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous, tall forest.

 

General References

Bustard, H.R. 1966. The Oedura tryoni complex: east Australian rock dwelling geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 14: 1-14 (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)

Hoskin, C.J. 2019. Description of three new velvet geckos (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from inland eastern Australia, and redescription of Oedura monilis De Vis. Zootaxa 4683(3): 242-270

Milton, D. 1980. An example of community egglaying in Oedura tryoni (De Vis). Herpetofauna 11: 28-29

 

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Southern Spotted 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		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)