SOUTHERN SPOTTED VELVET GECKO

Photographed at Mount Glorious, Queensland, January 2021

 169                    SOUTHERN SPOTTED VELVET GECKO                    Oedura tryoni

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                  118

Found in dried sclerophyll forrest, woodlands and rock outcrops, particularly granite or sandstone, from ne NSW to mid-eastern Queensland. Shelters in rock crevices, under slabs and sometimes under bark.

PRICKLY KNOB-TAILED GECKO

159                    PRICKLY KNOB-TAILED GECKO                   Nephrurus asper 

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                      114

Found on Cape York, down east coast of Queensland and inland to Windorah district. Inhabits rocky hills and outcrops in arid to dry tropics, often on sandy heaths.

LESUEUR'S VELVET GECKO

Photographed in Royal National Park, NSW, July 2020

158                   LESUEUR'S VELVET GECKO                        Amalosia lesueurii

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS               113

Found in rocky ranges and outcrops, particularly sandstone and granites. Shelters in crevices and under rock slabs. Down eastern NSW.

BROAD-TAILED GECKO

Photographed in a crevice near Appin, NSW, June 2020.

154           BROAD-TAILED GECKO                 Phyllurus platurus

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                  109

Restricted to sandstone from Denman areas s. to Kiama and inland to Genolan Caves. Shelters in crevices and sandstone caves. More than one may be in same revise.

Photographed at Watagen State Forest, NSW, December 2020

WOOD GECKO

Photographed in Big Desert State Forest, Victoria, January 2020

149              EASTERN STONE GECKO             Diplodactylus vittatus

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD               104

Also known as Wood Gecko. Found across southern SA to Victoria, NSW and south-east Queensland. Inhabits wide variety of habitats from arid scrubs to wet sclerophyll forest. Terrestrial, usually found during day in or under fallen timber, stones and litter.

MORITZ'S LEAF-TAILED GECKO

139               MORITZ'S LEAF-TAILED GECKO             Saltuarius moritzi

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                  98

Found in the foothills and ranges of the Great Dividing Range in NSW, from just south of the Clarence River to the Hunter Region, with historical anecdotal records as far south as the Wattagan Ranges. Also found in the deep gorge country of the eastern New England Tablelands.

SOUTHERN LEAF-TAIL

Photographed on Mount Tamborine, Queensland, October 2019

135                   SOUTHERN LEAF-TAILED GECKO                   Saltuarius swaini

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD                94

Found on costal ranges between Mt Glorious, Queensland and Richmond Range, NSW. 

FLAT-TAILED HOUSE GECKO

Photographed on Home Island, Cocos, December 2018

121                  FLAT-TAILED HOUSE GECKO                     Hemidactylus platyurus

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                   86

Also known as Common House Gecko or Asian House Gecko. Common in se Asia and many tropical areas. In Australia only established in the Cocos Islands. Often found in and around buildings. Common house gecko in Asia , but while this name is used in Australia it refers to a different lizard.

EASTERN BEAKED GECKO

Photographed on the road near Byrock, NSW, October 2018

 

120                 EASTERN BEAKED GECKO              Rhynchoedura ormsbyi

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD                 85

Found in eastern arid zone from far nw Victoria to interior of Queensland, including Murray-Darling Basin, Cobar Peneplain and Mulga Lands bioregion. On alluvial flats, sand plains, mulga, eucalyptus woodlands.

CENTRALIAN PRICKLY KNOB-TAILED GECKO

Photographed 100 kms west of Alice Springs, October 2018

108                 CENTRALIAN PRICKLY KNOB-TAILED GECKO                     Nephrurus amyae

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS               76

Found in area in southern NT. Inhabits rocky outcrops, sheltering deep below in heat of day.

VARIABLE FAT-TAILED GECKO

Photographed 120 kms west of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, October 2018

107                   VARIABLE FAT-TAILED GECKO                     Diplodactylus conspicillatus

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                      L75

Shelters during day in disused spider holes; suggestion uses tail to block entrance to keep predators out and maintain temperature of burrow. When agitated curls into ball, inflated body or raises tail and drops head. Found northern 2/3 of WA, most of NT except far nw, northern half of SAfrom western Queensland to near central coast (not on the Cape or se Q.

TESSELLATED GECKO

Photographed north of Coober Pedi, South Australia, September 2018

105               TESSELLATED GECKO                       Diplodactylus tessellatus

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD                     73

Found in ne SA, se NT, sw Q, nw NSW. Shelters by day in soil crevices and abandoned spider holes; feed at night and maynbe in the open.

SOFT SPINY-TAILED GECKO

Photograohed near Jurien Bay, Western Australia, September 2018

102              SOFT SPINY-TAILED GECKO.           Strophurus spinigerus

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD                  70

Also known as Yellow-eyed West Coast Spiny-tailed Gecko. Lower w. coast and off-shore islands, from Shark Bay to s. coast; often seen clinging to stems of shrubs in Perth.

NORTHERN SPINY-TAILED GECKO

Photographed one the road to Uluru, Northern Territory, April 2018

98              NORTHERN SPINY-TAILED GECKO                    Strophurus ciliaris

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD               66

Widespread across northern Australia, northern and central eastern WA, NT, western Queensland, northern SA and nw NSW. Nocturnal, eats invertebrates.