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C. marmoratus is Australia’s most southerly gecko. It occurs from northeastern New South Wales to southwestern Western Australia, as well as a number of islands off the coasts of South Australia and Western Australia. [11] They use a variety of habitats including open shrubland, sclerophyll forest, riverine woodland and urban regions. [1] [11 ...
Nephrurus levis, commonly known as the three-lined knob-tailed gecko, smooth knob-tailed gecko, or common knob-tailed gecko, is a native Australian gecko species.The smooth knob-tailed gecko is part of the Carphodactylidae family, [2] a family endemic to Australia. [3]
Saltuarius salebrosus is a relatively large genus of Australian gecko and has an average nose to tail (or snout to vent) length of 14–16 cm. [12] It is distinguishable from the other members of its genus because of its uniquely shaped tail from which it gains its colloquial name the rough-throated leaf-tailed gecko or Central Queensland leaf-tailed gecko.
Saltuarius Saltuarius swaini in Myall Lakes National Park. Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Carphodactylidae Genus: Saltuarius Couper, Covacevich & Moritz, 1993 Saltuarius is a genus of larger Australian geckos, known collectively as leaf-tailed geckos. Taxonomy The genus Saltuarius was created in 1993 to ...
In Australia, S. williamsi is found in north-eastern New South Wales, Queensland, south-eastern South Australia, and north-western Victoria. [1] [2] The map below shows a patchy distribution of the species distributed throughout the east of the continent as far north as Cairs in QLD, as south as Adelaide in SA and as west as Bourke in NSW. The ...
Diplodactylus conspicillatus, also known commonly as the variable fat-tailed gecko or the burrow-plug gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae.The species is endemic to Australia, where it is found in central and arid inland areas. [3]
Strophurus intermedius, also known commonly as the eastern spiny-tailed gecko or the southern spiny-tailed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae.The species is endemic to semi-arid regions of Australia in New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia, in mallee shrubland and woodland habitats.
Like snakes and most geckos, they have no eyelids, but unlike snakes, they have external ear holes and flat, unforked tongues. [3] They are native to Australia and New Guinea. [4] Pygopodids have no fore limbs at all, but they do possess vestigial hind limbs in the form of small, flattened flaps. [3]