Oedura coggeri, commonly known as the northern spotted velvet gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Queensland, Australia.
Etymology The specific name, coggeri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harold Cogger.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Oedura coggeri, p. 56).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of O. coggeri is rocky areas in forest.
Reproduction O. coggeri is oviparous.
References
Further reading Baker, Cherryl Richards; Brattstrom, Bayard H.; Brattstrom, Martha A. (1998). "Microhabitat utilization by some Queensland, Australia geckos". Dactylus 3 (3): 97–102. Bustard, H. Robert (1966). "The Oedura tryoni complex: east Australian rock-dwelling geckos. (Reptilia : Gekkonidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 14: 1–14. (Oedura coggeri, new species, pp. 9–12). Cogger, Harold G. (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . Wilson, Steve, Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .