Northern Leaf-tail Gecko

Saltuarius cornutus

This species occurs in wet rainforest between Cooktown and Townsville in Queensland, Australia (Williams 2006). The area in which this species is distributed is approximately square 16,718 km.
leaf-tailed gecko Saltuarius cornutus photographed on the atherton tableland far north queensland they seem to be able to adjust their colouring to suit the background even on grey bricks as when seen on a tree they would be very brown matching the tree perfectly to the point if they dont move theyre extremely hard to spot! Australia,Geotagged,Northern Leaf-tail Gecko,Saltuarius cornutus,atherton tableland,far north queensland

Naming

Synonyms
Gymnodactylus cornutus OGILBY 1892
Phyllurus lichenosus GÜNTHER 1897
Phyllurus cornutus - GÜNTHER 1897
Phyllurus cornutus — GARMAN 1901: 2
Gymnodactylus platurus - LÖNNBERG & ANDERSSON 1915
Phyllurus cornutus — LOVERIDGE 1947: 299
Gymnodactylus spyrurus - BARRETT 1950 (non Gymnodactylus sphyryrus OG.)
Phyllurus cornutus — WERMUTH 1965: 148
Phyllurus cornutum - SWANSON 1976
Phyllurus swaini - WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985
Phyllurus cornutus — KLUGE 1993
Saltuarius cornutus — COUPER, COVACEVICH & MORITZ 1993
Saltuarius cornutus — RÖSLER 1995: 78
Saltuarius cornutus — COGGER 2000: 269
Saltuarius cornutus — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Saltuarius cornutus — LIVIGNI 2013: 264
leaf-tailed gecko Saltuarius cornutus photographed on the atherton tableland far north queensland easily spoted on the brickwork but when sitting on a tree trunk almost invisible so good is their camouflage Henkels Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus henkeli),Northern Leaf-tail Gecko,Saltuarius cornutus,Uroplatus henkeli,atherton tableland,far north queensland

Distribution

Australia (four disjunct populations in Queensland):
N Cape York Peninsula near Coen, Townsville to Cooktown, Stanthorpe, extreme SE Qeensland through coastal New South Wales.

Type locality: Bellenden-Ker Ranges, NE Queensland.

References:

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http://eol.org/pages/289310/overview
http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Saltuarius&species=cornutus
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassReptilia
OrderSquamata
FamilyGekkonidae
GenusSaltuarius
SpeciesSaltuarius cornutus
Photographed in
Australia