Gehyra lauta

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Gehyra lauta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gehyra
Species:
G. lauta
Binomial name
Gehyra lauta
Oliver, Prasetya, Tedeschi, Fenker, Ellis, Doughty, & Moritz, 2020

The Gulf tree gehyra (Gehyra lauta) is a species of gecko, also known as the ghost gecko. [1] It is endemic to Queensland, [2] [3] and to the Northern Territory in Australia. [4]

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References

  1. Maguire, Kemii (10 March 2020). "Australia has six 'new' species of native gecko". ABC News. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  2. Gehyra lauta at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. "Oliver, Paul M., Audrey Miranda Prasetya, Leonardo G. Tedeschi, Jessica Fenker Antunes, Ryan J. Ellis, Paul Doughty & Craig Moritz. 2020. Convergence and crypsis: Integrative taxonomic revision of the Gehyra australis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Australia". zoobank.org. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  4. "Australian Faunal Directory: Gehyra lauta". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2021-10-10.