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Champion's leaf-tailed gecko

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Champion's leaf-tailed gecko (Phyllurus championae), also known commonly as the Koumala leaf-tailed gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Carphodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

The specific name, championae (genitive, feminine), is in honor of Australian zoologist Irene Champion, a Resource Ranger with the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.^[2]

P. championae was first found in the Cameron Creek/Black Mountain area near Koumala, Queensland, Australia.^[3]^[4]^[5]

The preferred natural habitat of P. championae is forest with rocky areas.^[1]

P. championae may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8 cm (3.1 in).^[5]

P. championae is oviparous.^[4]

^ ^a ^b Couper P, Hoskin C, Amey A (2018). "Phyllurus championae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102664522A102664525.en. Accessed on 05 February 2022.
^ 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. (Phyllurus championae, p. 51).
^ Macdonald, Stewart. "Champion's leaf-tailed gecko". Australian Reptile Online Database. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b Phyllurus championae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Phyllurus championae". The Queensland Museum. Retrieved 2017-11-11.

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Champion's leaf-tailed gecko (Phyllurus championae), also known commonly as the Koumala leaf-tailed gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Carphodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia.