Gehyra arnhemica

Species of lizard

Gehyra arnhemica

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Infraorder:  | Gekkota
Family:  | Gekkonidae
Genus:  | Gehyra
Species:  |

G. arnhemica

Binomial name
Gehyra arnhemica

Oliver, Prasetya, Tedeschi, Fenker, Ellis, Doughty, & Moritz, 2020

The East Arnhem Land gehyra (Gehyra arnhemica) is a species of gecko. It is endemic to the Northern Territory of Australia.[1][2] It was first described in 2020. The same paper which described Gehyra arnhemica also described five other species of Gehyra.[3]

## Etymology

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The epithet arnhemica refers to the Arnhem Land region of the Northern Territory, to which the species is endemic.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b Gehyra arnhemica at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
2. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Gehyra arnhemica". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
3. ^ 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.

Taxon identifiers

Gehyra arnhemica|

* Wikidata: Q94549543
* Wikispecies: Gehyra arnhemica
* AFD: Gehyra_arnhemica
* CoL: 8H5HC
* GBIF: 11159866
* RD: arnhemica
* ZooBank: 33DB9200-D783-4738-9B5A-50A6AF4155C1

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