Amalosia jacovae


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.

Etymology

The specific name, jacovae, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Jeanette Adelaide Covacevich.

Geographic range

A. jacovae is found in southeastern Queensland, Australia.

Habitat

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

Description

Medium-sized for its genus, A. jacovae may attain a snout-to-vent length of. Dorsally, it has a pale gray vertebral zone, and it has pronounced basal webbing between its third and fourth toes.

Reproduction

A. jacovae is oviparous.