Phyllurus

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Phyllurus

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Phyllurus

Broad-tailed gecko (Phyllurus platurus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Carphodactylidae
Genus:	Phyllurus Schinz, 1822^[1]^[2]

Phyllurus is a small genus of Australian leaf-tailed geckos, lizards in the family Carphodactylidae. Rarely seen outside their native habitat, they are notable for their highly effective camouflage which is in part aided by the spiny tubercles that cover every body part.

Most member species, except for P. caudiannulatus, P. gulbaru and P. kabikabi, have very flattened, leaf-shaped tails. Some of these species have recently been reassigned to the genus Saltuarius. The Phyllurus geckos resemble the Uroplatus geckos of Madagascar. This is an example of convergent evolution because they are not closely related. As of 2023, Scawfell Island leaf-tailed gecko is the last known species of gecko to be found in Australia.

Species

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The following species are recognized as being valid.^[3]

Phyllurus amnicola Couper, Schneider, Hoskin & Covacevich, 2000 – Mount Elliot leaf-tailed gecko
Phyllurus caudiannulatus Covacevich, 1975 – Bulburin leaf-tailed gecko
Phyllurus championae Couper, Schneider, Hoskin & Covacevich, 2000– Champion's leaf-tailed gecko
Phyllurus gulbaru Hoskin, Couper & Schneider, 2003 – Gulbaru leaf-tailed gecko
Phyllurus isis Couper, Covacevich & Moritz, 1993 – Mount Blackwood leaf-tailed gecko
Phyllurus kabikabi Couper, Hamley & Hoskin, 2008 – Oakview leaf-tailed gecko
Phyllurus nepthys Couper, Covacevich & Moritz, 1993 – Eungella leaf-tailed gecko
Phyllurus ossa Couper, Covacevich & Moritz, 1993 – Mackay Coast leaf-tailed gecko
Phyllurus pinnaclensis Hoskin, Bertola & Higgie, 2019 – Pinnacles leaf-tailed gecko
Phyllurus platurus (Shaw, 1790) – broad-tailed gecko
Phyllurus fimbriatus Hoskin, 2023 - Scawfell Island leaf-tailed gecko^[4]

The northern leaf-tailed gecko (previously Phyllurus cornutus Ogilby, 1892), is now placed in the genus Saltuarius.

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Phyllurus.

References

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^ Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Gekkota/Carphodactylidae.
^ Russell AP (1980). "Underwoodisaurus Wermuth, a junior synonym of Phyllurus Schinz 1822". Journal of Herpetology 14 (4): 415-416.
^ Genus Phyllurus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
^ Hoskin, Conrad J. (2023). "A new species of Phyllurus leaf-tailed gecko (Lacertilia: Carphodactylidae) from Scawfell Island, mid-east Queensland, Australia". Zootaxa. 5244 (3): 233–243. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5244.3.2. PMID 37044465.

Schinz HR (1822). Das Thierreich eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie von dem Hern Ritter von Cuvier. Zweiter Band [Volume 2]. Reptilien, Fische, Weichthiere, Ringelwürmer. Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. xvi + 835 pp. (Phyllurus, new genus, p. 79). (in German and Latin).

v t e Carphodactylid species
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Infraorder: Gekkota Superfamily: Pygopodoidea Family: Carphodactylidae
Carphodactylus	C. laevis
Nephrurus	N. amyae N. asper N. cinctus N. deleani N. laevissimus N. levis N. sheai N. stellatus N. vertebralis N. wheeleri
Orraya	O. occultus
Phyllurus	P. amnicola P. caudiannulatus P. championae P. gulbaru P. isis P. kabikabi P. nepthys P. ossa P. pinnaclensis P. platurus
Saltuarius	S. cornutus S. eximius S. kateae S. moritzi S. salebrosus S. swaini S. wyberba
Underwoodisaurus	U. milii U. seorsus
Uvidicolus	U. sphyrurus

Taxon identifiers
Phyllurus	Wikidata: Q2541348 Wikispecies: Phyllurus ADW: Phyllurus AFD: Phyllurus CoL: 6PTH EoL: 35490 GBIF: 2446971 iNaturalist: 33928 IRMNG: 1320441 ITIS: 818068 NCBI: 136855 Open Tree of Life: 547135

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