Uvidicolus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Carphodactylidae
Genus: Uvidicolus
P. Oliver & Bauer, 2011
Species:
U. sphyrurus
Binomial name
Uvidicolus sphyrurus
(Ogilby, 1892)
Synonyms[2]
  • Gymnodactylus sphyrurus
    Ogilby 1892
  • Heteronota walshi
    Kinghorn, 1931
  • Phyllurus walshi
    — Kluge, 1963
  • Phyllurus sphyrurus
    — Kluge, 1965
  • Heteronotia walshi
    — Wermuth, 1965
  • Underwoodisaurus sphyrurus
    — Ingram & Covacevich, 1981
  • Nephrurus sphyrurus
    — Bauer 1990
  • Uvidicolus sphyrurus
    — P. Oliver & Bauer, 2011

Uvidicolus is a monotypic genus of lizard in the family Carphodactylidae. The genus contains the sole species Uvidicolus sphyrurus, also known commonly as the border thick-tailed gecko. The species is endemic to Australia.

Geographic range

U. sphyrurus is found in rocky highlands of the Murray-Darling Basin, in New South Wales and southern Queensland, Australia.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of U. sphyrurus are forest, savanna, and rocky areas, at altitudes of 500–1,200 m (1,600–3,900 ft).[1]

Description

U. sphyrurus may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7 cm (2.8 in).[2]

Reproduction

U. sphyrurus is oviparous.[2]

Taxonomy

Uvidicolus sphyrurus is sometimes placed in the genus Underwoodisaurus.

References

  1. 1 2 Shea, G.; Cogger, H.; Greenlees, M. (2018). "Uvidicolus sphyrurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22733A83321870. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T22733A83321870.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Species Uvidicolus sphyrurus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

Wikispecies has information related to Uvidicolus sphyrurus.
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350. (Uvidicolus sphyrurus, p. 285).
  • Ogilby JD (1892). "Descriptions of Three New Australian Lizards". Records of the Australian Museum 2 (1): 6–11. (Gymnodactylus sphyrurus, new species, pp. 6–8).
  • Oliver PM, Bauer AM (2011). "Systematics and evolution of the Australian knob-tail geckos (Nephrurus, Carphodactylidae, Gekkota): Plesiomorphic grades and biome shifts through the Miocene". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (3): 664–674. (Uvidicolus, new genus; Uvidicolus sphyrurus, new combination).
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Retiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.


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