Biology:Amalosia jacovae
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diplodactylidae |
| Genus: | Amalosia |
| Species: | A. jacovae
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| Amalosia jacovae (Couper, Keim & Hoskin, 2007)
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Amalosia jacovae, also known commonly as the clouded gecko or the clouded velvet gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia .[2][1]
Etymology
The specific name, jacovae (Latin, feminine, genitive singular), is in honor of Australian herpetologist Jeanette Adelaide Covacevich ( j + a + cov + suffix -ae).[3]
Geographic range
A. jacovae is found in southeastern Queensland, Australia.[2][1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of A. jacovae are forest and shrubland, but it has also been found in houses.[2]
Description
Medium-sized for its genus, A. jacovae may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.2 cm (2.4 in).[1]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Amalosia jacovae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 February 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedIUCN - ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Oedura jacovae, p. 60).
Further reading
- Cogger, Harold G. (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN:978-0643100350.
- Couper, Patrick J.; Keim, Lauren D.; Hoskin, Conrad J. (2007). "A new velvet Gecko (Gekkonidae: Oedura) from south-east Queensland, Australia". Zootaxa 1587: 27–41. (Oedura jacovae, new species).
- Oliver, Paul M.; Bauer, Aaron M.; Greenbaum, Eli; Jackman, Todd; Hobbie, Tara (2012). "Molecular phylogenetics of the arboreal Australian gecko genus Oedura Gray 1842 (Gekkota: Diplodactylidae): Another plesiomorphic grade ?" Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63 (2): 255–264). (Amalosia jacovae, new combination).
- Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney, New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN:978-1921517280.
Wikidata ☰ Q2840965 entry
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