BEADED GECKO

Photographed at Scotia Sanctuary, western NSW

46                 BEADED GECKO               Lucasium damaeum

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS            30

Endemic to Australia. Nocturnal, travelling large distances at night foraging, feeding on insects. Eyes are large and are a slit during the day but full during the night; eyes unable to be closed, covered by transparent scales which are cleaned by licking with the tongue. Found in drier arid and semi-arid parts of mainland states and territories.