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Species profile—Oedura castelnaui (northern velvet gecko)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Diplodactylidae (diplodactylid geckos) → Oedura castelnaui (northern velvet gecko)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Reptilia (reptiles)
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

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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=399.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022