Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q15110654
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Summary

Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Endangered status[5].
  • Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko belongs to the parent taxon Saltuarius[6].
  • Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko is endemic to Queensland[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko is Saltuarius eximius[8].
  • Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko's Commons category is recorded as Saltuarius eximius[9].
  • Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko's short name is recorded as S. eximius[10].
  • Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko is commonly known as Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko[11].
  • Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko's taxon author citation is recorded as Hoskin & Couper, 2013[12].
  • Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko's diel cycle is recorded as nocturnal[13].
  • Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko's P14516 is recorded as critically endangered[14].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko is Saltuarius eximius[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Saltuarius[6]. It is commonly known as it[11].

Distribution

Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko is endemic to Queensland[7].

Identifiers

Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 540185[15]. Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 38624072[16]. Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8698344[17].

Why It Matters

Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · TerrorBite · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Saltuarius
    Instance of → taxon
    Instance of → —
    Endemic to → Queensland
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14516: critically endangered, Added EPBC conservation status (P14516) using data from https://www.environment.gov.au"
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