Amalosia jacovae

Amalosia jacovae, also known as the clouded gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Amalosia jacovae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Amalosia
Species:
A. jacovae
Binomial name
Amalosia jacovae
(Couper, Keim & Hoskin, 2007)
Synonyms[1]
  • Oedura jacovae
    Couper, Keim & Hoskin, 2007
  • Amalosia jacovae
    P.M. Oliver et al., 2012

Etymology

The specific name, jacovae (Latin, feminine, genitive singular), is in honor of Australian herpetologist Jeanette Adelaide Covacevich ( j + a + cov + suffix -ae).[2]

Geographic range

A. jacovae is found in southeastern Queensland.[1]

References

  1. "Amalosia jacovae ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  2. 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

  • 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).


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