Gehyra arnhemica
Appearance
Gehyra arnhemica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Gehyra |
Species: | G. arnhemica
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Binomial name | |
Gehyra arnhemica |
The East Arnhem land gehyra (Gehyra arnhemica) is a species of gecko. It is endemic to Northern Territory in Australia.[1][2] The species was first described in 2020. The same paper which described Gehyra arnhemica also described five other species of Gehyra.[3]
Etymology
The name arnhemica is in reference to the Arnhem Land region of the Northern Territory, where Gehyra arnhemica is endemic to.[1]
References
- ^ a b Gehyra arnhemica at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Gehyra arnhemica". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
- ^ Paul M. Oliver; Audrey Miranda Prasetya; Leonardo G Tedeschi; Jessica Fenker; Ryan J Ellis; Paul Doughty; Craig Moritz (27 January 2020). "Crypsis and convergence: integrative taxonomic revision of the Gehyra australis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Australia". PeerJ. 8: 1-56 [25]. doi:10.7717/PEERJ.7971. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6991128. PMID 32025362. Wikidata Q89559443.