Species profile—Saltuarius eximius (Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Carphodactylidae (carphodactylid geckos) → Saltuarius eximius (Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko)
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Carphodactylidae (carphodactylid geckos)
- Scientific name
- Saltuarius eximius Hoskin & Couper, 2013
- Common name
- Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko
- Type reference
- Hoskin, C.J. & Couper, P. (2013). A spectacular new leaf-tailed gecko (Carphodactylidae: Saltuarius) from the Melville Range, north-east Australia. Zootaxa 3717(4): 543-558.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 34950
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- CR
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Critically endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Confidential
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=34950.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
