Carphodactylus

Carphodactylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertilia
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Diplodactylinae
Genus: Carphodactylus
Günther, 1897 [1]
Species: C. laevis
Binomial name
Carphodactylus laevis
Günther, 1897

Carphodactylus laevis is a species, in a monotypic genus, of Australian gecko, also known as the Chameleon Gecko.

Description

Dark black streak from snout to eye with a small black streak above the tympanum. Brown above, specked with smaller paler brown spots and black specks concentrated around the vertebral line. Original tail dark brown or black. Four to Five complete whitish crossbands. Verterbral ridge from nape to tail. Limbs long and thin. [2]

Snout-Vent Length (SVL)

Species avg - 13cm

Distribution

"North-eastern Qld, from about Tully north to Cooktown."

Etymology

Carphodactylus: 'twig finger'.
laevis: 'smooth'.

Other notes

It is kept as a pet.

References

  1. ↑ Günther, A. 1897. Descriptions of new species of lizards and of a tree-frog from north-eastern Queensland. Novitates Zoologicae, Zoological Museum, Tring, 4: 403–406.
  2. ↑ Codger, H. 2000.Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia 6: 207.
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