Kingdom Animalia Suborder Lacertilia Subfamily Diplodactylinae Rank Species | Class Reptilia Family Gekkonidae Phylum Chordata Order Scaled reptiles | |
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Genus Carphodactylus
Günther, 1897 Similar Scaled reptiles, Saltuarius, Phyllurus, Pseudothecadactylus, Strophurus | ||
Carphodactylus laevis is a species, in a monotypic genus, of Australian gecko, also known as the chameleon gecko.
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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.
Snout-Vent Length (SVL)
Species avg - 13cm
Distribution
"North-eastern Qld, from about Tully north to Cooktown."
Etymology
Carphodactylus: 'twig finger'.
laevis: 'smooth'.
References
Carphodactylus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA