Orraya

Orraya occultus, also known as McIlwraith leaf-tailed gecko or the long-necked northern leaf-tailed gecko, is a species in a monotypic genus of Australian gecko.[2] It is restricted to higher elevations in the McIlwraith Range in northeastern Queensland.[3]

For the African genus called leaf-tailed geckos, see Uroplatus

Orraya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Carphodactylidae
Genus: Orraya
Couper, Covacevich, Schneider and Hoskin, 2000
Species:
O. occultus
Binomial name
Orraya occultus
(Couper, Covacevich & Moritz, 1993)
Synonyms

Saltuarius occultus Couper, Covacevich & Moritz, 1993

References

  1. Hoskin, C., Couper, P. & Amey, A. 2018. Orraya occultus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T178382A83325202. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T178382A83325202.en. Downloaded on 20 December 2018.
  2. "Orraya occultus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  3. "Phyllurus caudiannulatus". The Queensland Museum. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
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