Species profile—Oedura castelnaui (northern velvet gecko)
Classification
Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Reptilia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia ) (reptiles) → Diplodactylidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia&family=diplodactylidae ) (diplodactylid geckos) → Oedura castelnaui (northern velvet gecko)
Sighting data
- Download
- KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=399&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=399&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=399 )
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia ) (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia ) (reptiles)
- Family
- Diplodactylidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia&family=diplodactylidae ) (diplodactylid geckos)
- Scientific name
- Oedura castelnaui (Thominot, 1889)
- Common name
- northern velvet gecko
- Type reference
- 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.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 399
- Synonym(s)
- Oedura fracticolor
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) ( https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Oedura%20castelnaui#tab_mapView )
- Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=OEDURA%2BCASTELNAUI )
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=399 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=399 ).
This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
