title: Nactus cheverti
text: # Nactus cheverti
  
  Nactus cheverti, also known commonly as Chevert's gecko, the Fitzroy Island gecko, and the southern Cape York nactus, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name, cheverti, refers to the ship Chevert which William John Macleay used on his 1875 expedition to New Guinea.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The preferred natural habitat of N. cheverti is forest.
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  N. cheverti is oviparous.
  
  