Phyllurus

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{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = phyllurus platurus.jpg
| image_caption = [[Broad-tailed gecko]] (''Phyllurus platurus'')
| taxon = Phyllurus
| authority = [[Heinrich Rudolf Schinz|Schinz]], 1822<ref>''Dahms Tierleben''. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Gekkota/Carphodactylidae.</ref><ref>[[species:Anthony Patrick Russell|Russell AP]] (1980). "''Underwoodisaurus'' Wermuth, a junior synonym of ''Phyllurus'' Schinz 1822". ''Journal of Herpetology'' '''14''' (4): 415-416.</ref>
}}

'''''Phyllurus''''', from [[Ancient Greek]] φύλλον (''phúllon''), meaning "leaf", and οὐρά (''ourá''), meaning "tail", is a small [[genus]] of [[Australia]]n leaf-tailed [[gecko]]s, [[lizards]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Carphodactylidae]]. Rarely seen outside their native [[habitat]], they are notable for their highly effective [[camouflage]] which is in part aided by the spiny [[tubercle]]s that cover every body part.

Most member [[species]], except for ''P. caudiannulatus'', ''P. gulbaru'' and ''P. kabikabi'', have very flattened, [[leaf]]-shaped [[tail]]s. Some of these species have recently been reassigned to the genus ''[[Saltuarius]]''. The ''Phyllurus'' geckos resemble the ''[[Uroplatus]]'' geckos of [[Madagascar]]. This is an example of [[convergent evolution]] because they are not closely related. As of 2023, [[Scawfell Island leaf-tailed gecko]] is the last known species of [[gecko]] to be found in [[Australia]].

==Species==
The following species are recognized as being valid.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Phyllurus}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
*''[[Phyllurus amnicola]]'' [[Patrick J. Couper|Couper]], [[species:Christopher J. Schneider|Schneider]], [[species:Conrad J. Hoskin|Hoskin]] & [[Jeanette Covacevich|Covacevich]], 2000 – Mount Elliot leaf-tailed gecko
*''[[Phyllurus caudiannulatus]]'' Covacevich, 1975 – Bulburin leaf-tailed gecko
*''[[Phyllurus championae]]'' Couper, Schneider, Hoskin & Covacevich, 2000– Champion's leaf-tailed gecko
*''[[Phyllurus gulbaru]]'' Hoskin, Couper & [[Christopher J. Schneider|Schneider]], 2003 – Gulbaru leaf-tailed gecko
*''[[Phyllurus isis]]'' Couper, Covacevich & [[:fr:Craig Moritz|Moritz]], 1993 – Mount Blackwood leaf-tailed gecko
*''[[Phyllurus kabikabi]]'' Couper, [[species:Ben Hamley|Hamley]] & Hoskin, 2008 – Oakview leaf-tailed gecko
*''[[Phyllurus nepthys]]'' Couper, Covacevich & Moritz, 1993 – Eungella leaf-tailed gecko
*''[[Phyllurus ossa]]'' Couper, Covacevich & Moritz, 1993 – Mackay Coast leaf-tailed gecko
*''[[Phyllurus pinnaclensis]]'' Hoskin, [[species:Lorenzo V. Bertola|Bertola]] & [[species:Megan Higgie|Higgie]], 2019 – Pinnacles leaf-tailed gecko
*''[[Phyllurus platurus]]'' ([[George Shaw (biologist)|Shaw]], 1790) – broad-tailed gecko
* ''[[Phyllurus fimbriatus]]'' Hoskin, 2023 - [[South Cumberland Islands National Park#Scawfell Island|Scawfell Island]] leaf-tailed gecko<ref name="2023-02-20_Z">{{cite journal | url=https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5244.3.2 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5244.3.2 | title=A new species of Phyllurus leaf-tailed gecko (Lacertilia: Carphodactylidae) from Scawfell Island, mid-east Queensland, Australia | date=2023 | last1=Hoskin | first1=Conrad J. | journal=Zootaxa | volume=5244 | issue=3 | pages=233–243 | pmid=37044465 }}</ref>

The [[northern leaf-tailed gecko]] (previously ''Phyllurus cornutus'' [[James Douglas Ogilby|Ogilby]], 1892), is now placed in the genus ''[[Saltuarius]]''.

''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Phyllurus''.

==References==
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==Further reading==
{{Wikispecies|Phyllurus}}
*[[Heinrich Rudolf Schinz|Schinz HR]] (1822). ''Das Thierreich eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie von dem Hern Ritter von Cuvier. Zweiter Band'' [Volume 2]. ''Reptilien, Fische, Weichthiere, Ringelwürmer''. Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. xvi + 835 pp. (''Phyllurus'', new genus, p. 79). (in [[German language|German]] and [[Latin]]).

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