''Oedura picta'', the ornate velvet gecko, is a species of

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endemic to

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. It, along with two other species (''

Oedura elegans ''Oedura elegans'', the elegant velvet gecko, is a species of gecko endemic to Queensland and New South Wales in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainl ...

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Oedura lineata ''Oedura lineata'', the Arcadia velvet gecko, is a species of gecko endemic to Queensland in Australia. It, along with two other species (''Oedura elegans ''Oedura elegans'', the elegant velvet gecko, is a species of gecko endemic to Queensland ...

''), was first formally named in 2019.

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Oedura Geckos of Australia Reptiles described in 2019 Taxa named by Conrad J. Hoskin {{Diplodactylidae-stub