Amalosia jacovae

Amalosia jacovae
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Diplodactylidae
Genus:	Amalosia
Species:	A. jacovae
Binomial name
Amalosia jacovae (Couper, Keim & Hoskin, 2007)
Synonyms[2]
Oedura jacovae Couper, Keim & Hoskin, 2007 Amalosia jacovae — P.M. Oliver et al., 2012

Amalosia jacovae, also known commonly as the clouded gecko or the clouded velvet gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, jacovae (Latin, feminine, genitive singular), is in honor of Australian herpetologist Jeanette Adelaide Covacevich ( j + a + cov + suffix -ae).[3]

Geographic range

A. jacovae is found in southeastern Queensland, Australia.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. jacovae are forest and shrubland, but it has also been found in houses.[1]

Description

Medium-sized for its genus, A. jacovae may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.2 cm (2.4 in).[2] Dorsally, it has a pale gray vertebral zone, and it has pronounced basal webbing between its third and fourth toes.[4]

Reproduction

A. jacovae is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Hoskin, C.; Venz, M.; Greenlees, M.; Shea, G. (2018). "Amalosia jacovae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T102662435A102662480. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102662435A102662480.en. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
2. Amalosia jacovae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 February 2022.
3. 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. (Oedura jacovae, p. 60).
4. Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2023). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Sixth Edition. Sydney: Reed New Holland. 688 pp. ISBN 978-1-92554-671-2. (Amalosia jacovae, pp. 84–85).

Further reading

• Cogger, Harold G. (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
• Couper, Patrick J.; Keim, Lauren D.; Hoskin, Conrad J. (2007). "A new velvet Gecko (Gekkonidae: Oedura) from south-east Queensland, Australia". Zootaxa 1587: 27–41. (Oedura jacovae, new species).
• Oliver, Paul M.; Bauer, Aaron M.; Greenbaum, Eli; Jackman, Todd; Hobbie, Tara (2012). "Molecular phylogenetics of the arboreal Australian gecko genus Oedura Gray 1842 (Gekkota: Diplodactylidae): Another plesiomorphic grade ?" Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63 (2): 255–264). (Amalosia jacovae, new combination).
• Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.