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Nactus cheverti

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| name = Nactus cheverti

| image_alt = Nactus cheverti

| image_caption = Nactus cheverti

| image = Nactus_cheverti_332575158.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = Couper P, Hoskin C, Amey A (2018). "Nactus cheverti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T13483377A13483885. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T13483377A13483885.en. Accesseded on 18 February 2022.

| genus = Nactus

| species = cheverti

| authority = (Boulenger, 1885)

| synonyms = *Hetoronota [sic] marmorata
{{small|Macleay, 1877}}

  • Gymnodactylus cheverti
    {{small|Boulenger, 1885}} (nomen novem)
  • Nactus cheverti
    {{small|— Zug, 1998}}

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Nactus cheverti, also known commonly as Chevert's gecko, the Fitzroy Island gecko, and the southern Cape York nactus, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.{{NRDB species|genus=Nactus|species=cheverti}}

Etymology

The specific name, cheverti, refers to the ship Chevert which William John Macleay used on his 1875 expedition to New Guinea.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Nactus cheverti, p. 53).

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of N. cheverti is forest.

Reproduction

N. cheverti is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Gymnodactylus cheverti, new name, pp. 41–42).
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. {{ISBN|978-0643100350}}.
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. {{ISBN|978-1921517280}}.
  • Zug GR (1998). "Australian populations of the Nactus pelagicus complex (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42 (2): 613–626. (Nactus cheverti, new combination).

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Category:Nactus

Category:Geckos of Australia

Category:Reptiles described in 1885

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