Biology:Nephrurus wheeleri
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Short description: Species of lizard
| Nephrurus wheeleri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Carphodactylidae |
| Genus: | Nephrurus |
| Species: | N. wheeleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Nephrurus wheeleri Loveridge, 1932
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Nephrurus wheeleri, also known commonly as the banded knob-tailed gecko, the southern banded knob-tailed gecko, and Wheeler's knob-tailed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Carphodactylidae.[2] The species, like all species of Nephrurus, is endemic to Australia .
Etymology
The specific name, wheeleri, is in honor of American entomologist William Morton Wheeler.[3]
Geographic range
N. wheeleri is found in the Australian state of Western Australia.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of N. wheeleri are shrubland and rocky areas.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Doughty, P.; Melville, J.; How, R.; Ford, S.; Sanderson, C.; Craig, M. (2017). "Nephrurus wheeleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T178261A83324444. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178261A83324444.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178261/83324444. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Species Nephrurus wheeleri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Nephrurus wheeleri, p. 283).
Further reading
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN:978-0643100350. (Nephrurus wheeleri, p. 269).
- Loveridge A (1932). "New lizards of the genera Nephrurus and Amphibolurus from Western Australia". Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 13: 31–34. (Nephrurus wheeleri, new species).
- Oliver PM, Bauer AM (2011). "Systematics and evolution of the Australian knob-tailed geckos (Nephrurus, Carphodactylidae, Gekkota): Plesiomorphic grades and biome shifts through the Miocene". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (3): 664–674.
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN:978-1921517280.
Wikidata ☰ Q3338284 entry
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