Uvidicolus

Uvidicolus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Carphodactylidae
Genus:	Uvidicolus P. Oliver & Bauer, 2011
Species:	U. sphyrurus
Binomial name
Uvidicolus sphyrurus (Ogilby, 1892)
Synonyms [2]
Gymnodactylus sphyrurus Ogilby 1892 Heteronota walshi Kinghorn, 1931 Phyllurus walshi — Kluge, 1963 Phyllurus sphyrurus — Kluge, 1965 Heteronotia walshi — Wermuth, 1965 Underwoodisaurus sphyrurus — Ingram & Covacevich, 1981 Nephrurus sphyrurus — Bauer 1990 Uvidicolus sphyrurus — P. Oliver & Bauer, 2011

Uvidicolus is a monotypic genus of lizard in the family Carphodactylidae. The genus contains the sole species Uvidicolus sphyrurus, also known commonly as the border thick-tailed gecko. The species is endemic to Australia.

Geographic range

U. sphyrurus is found in rocky highlands of the Murray-Darling Basin, in New South Wales and southern Queensland, Australia. ^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of U. sphyrurus are forest, savanna, and rocky areas, at altitudes of 500–1,200 m (1,600–3,900 ft). ^[1]

Description

U. sphyrurus may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7 cm (2.8 in). ^[2]

Reproduction

U. sphyrurus is oviparous. ^[2]

Taxonomy

Uvidicolus sphyrurus is sometimes placed in the genus Underwoodisaurus .

References

1. Shea, G.; Cogger, H.; Greenlees, M. (2018). "Uvidicolus sphyrurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T22733A83321870. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T22733A83321870.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Species Uvidicolus sphyrurus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN   978-0643100350. (Uvidicolus sphyrurus, p. 285).
• Ogilby JD (1892). "Descriptions of Three New Australian Lizards". Records of the Australian Museum2 (1): 6–11. (Gymnodactylus sphyrurus, new species, pp. 6–8).
• Oliver PM, Bauer AM (2011). "Systematics and evolution of the Australian knob-tail geckos (Nephrurus, Carphodactylidae, Gekkota): Plesiomorphic grades and biome shifts through the Miocene". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution59 (3): 664–674. (Uvidicolus, new genus; Uvidicolus sphyrurus, new combination).
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Retiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN   978-1921517280.