Phyllurus isis
{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
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| image =
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = Couper P, Macdonald SM (2018). "Phyllurus isis ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102664547A102664550.en. Accessed on 17 May 2024.
| genus = Phyllurus
| species = isis
| authority = Couper, Covacevich & Moritz, 1993
}}
Phyllurus isis, also known commonly as the Mount Blackwood leaf-tailed gecko and the Mount Jukes broad-tailed gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Carphodactylidae.{{cite web|url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Phyllurus&species=isis&search_param=%28%28search%3D%27Phyllurus+isis%27%29%29|title=Phyllurus isis |website=The Reptile Database|access-date=2017-11-11}} The species is endemic to Mount Blackwood and Mount Jukes in mideastern Queensland, Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Reptiles/Geckos/Leaf-tailed+Geckos/Mount+Blackwood+Leaf-tailed+Gecko#.Wgm7KrpFzOY|title=Phyllurus isis |website=The Queensland Museum|access-date=2017-11-11}}
Etymology
Habitat
Description
P. isis, which may attain a maximum snout-to-vent length (SVL) of {{convert|76|mm|in|abbr=on}}, is the smallest and least spiny species of Phyllurus.Couper, Covacevich & Moritz (1993).
Reproduction
P. isis is oviparous.
References
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Further reading
- Cogger H (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. {{ISBN|978-0643100350}}. (Phyllurus isis, p. 274).
- Couper PJ, Covacevich JA, Moritz C (1993). "A review of the leaf-tailed geckos endemic to eastern Australia: a new genus, four new species, and other new data". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34 (1): 95–124. (Phyllurus isis, new species, pp. 113–115).
- Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. {{ISBN|978-1921517280}}.
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Category:Endemic fauna of Australia
Category:Reptiles described in 1993
Category:Taxa named by Patrick J. Couper
Category:Taxa named by Jeanette Covacevich
Category:Taxa named by Craig Moritz
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