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Wyberba leaf-tailed gecko |
Girraween National Park, Queensland Photo © David Fischer |
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Saltuarius wyberba | |||||||
Pronunciation | SALT-you-ARE-ee-uss why-BERR-ba | ||||||
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Etymology |
Saltuarius: "From the Latin - 'keeper of the forest'."1
wyberba: "Wyberba is a rail-siding on the western boundary of Girraween National Park, in the Stanthorpe area, SEQ. The name is reported to be of Aboriginal origin, and said to mean 'at the end of the mountain' (Harslett & Royle, 1980). The epithet is to be treated as a noun in apposition."2 |
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Description
Smooth throat scales. Rostral shield usually contacts nostril. Moving dorsally from infralabials, scales on sides of snout transition from large to small. Similar species
Taxonomic notes
This species was described by Couper, Schneider & Covacevich in 1997.2
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