Saltuarius
''Saltuarius'' is a genus of larger Australian geckos, known collectively as leaf-tailed geckos. Taxonomy The genus ''Saltuarius'' was created in 1993 to accommodate some former members of the genus ''Phyllurus''. These geckos appear very similar to the ''Uroplatus'' geckos native to Madagascar. However, this is a convergent evolution. Etymology The genus name is derived from the Latin word ''Wiktionary:saltuarius, saltuarius'', meaning "keeper of the forest".Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko
Australian Reptile Online Database, 2013.

Habitat and distribution

The species in the genus ''Saltuarius'' inhabit Australia's eastern coastal region, a vegetation composed of rainforests and dry Eucalyptus forests. ''Saltuarius cornutus'' and ''Saltuarius swaini'' are Arboreal ...
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Saltuarius Salebrosus
''Saltuarius salebrosus'', also known as the rough-throated leaf-tailed gecko or Central Queensland leaf-tailed gecko, is a gecko found in Australia. It is endemic to dry areas in mid-eastern and south-central Queensland. ''Saltuarius salebrosus'', commonly called the rough-throated leaf-tailed gecko, is a species of gecko belonging to the genus ''Saltuarius'' which translates to the "keeper of the forest". The genus ''Saltuarius'' was established in 1993 to accommodate a monophyletic group of larger species of geckos with unique interior and exterior morphological characteristics and a distinctly different chromosome number to Phyllurus. The genus ''Saltuarius'' is a long, self-sufficient, evolutionary lineage of leaf-tailed geckos, described as an innocuous, moderately sized species. Geckos are an ancient taxon of primarily nocturnal lizards, exhibiting great diversity and a worldwide distribution, occupying a wide variety of habitats and external conditions. Rough-throated leaf ...
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