Orraya
Orraya | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Carphodactylidae |
Genus: | Orraya Couper, Covacevich, C. Schneider & C. Hoskin, 2000 |
Species: | O. occultus |
Binomial name | |
Orraya occultus (Couper, Covacevich & Moritz, 1993) | |
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Orraya is a monotypic genus of lizard in the family Carphodactylidae. The genus contains the sole species Orraya occultus, also known commonly as the McIlwraith leaf-tailed gecko or the long-necked northern leaf-tailed gecko. The species is endemic to Australia.[2]
Geographic range
O. occultus is restricted to higher elevations in the McIlwraith Range in northeastern Queensland.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of O. occultus is forest, at altitudes of 500–825 m (1,640–2,707 ft).[1]
Description
O. occultus may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of almost 11 cm (4.3 in). It is moderately spinose, and has a very long, thin neck.[2]
Reproduction
O. occultus is oviparous.[2]
References
- ^ a b Hoskin, C.; Couper, P.; Amey, A. (2018). "Orraya occultus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T178382A83325202. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T178382A83325202.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Species Orraya occultus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Orraya occultus". The Queensland Museum. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
Further reading
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- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Couper PJ, Covacevich JA, Moritz C (1993). "A review of the leaf-tailed geckos endemic to eastern Australia: a new genus, four new species, and other new data". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34 (1): 95–124. (Saltuarius occultus, new species).
- Couper PJ, Schneider CJ, Hoskin CJ, Covacevich JA (2000). "Australian leaf-toed geckos: phylogeny, a new genus, two new species and other new data". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45 (2): 253–265. ("Orraya Couper, Covacevich, Schneider & Hoskin", new genus; Orraya occultus, new combination).
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Squamata
- Infraorder: Gekkota
- Superfamily: Pygopodoidea
- Family: Carphodactylidae
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