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Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko
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Saltuarius cornutus )
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REPTILE FACTS
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Description
The Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko has broad leaf-shaped tail. Grey, brown to olive with mottles and blotches. Along the spine, there is usually a dark-edged stripe, with blotches running along it. There is usually a dark M-shaped mark at the base of the head. The belly is whitish.
Size
13cm
Environment
Rainforest and wet sclerophyll forests
Food
insects, spiders
Breeding
Lays clutches of 2 parchment-shelled eggs
Range
The Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko inhabits northern Australia and in isolated pockets along the Eastern coast and ranges to the central coast of New South Wales
Classification
| Class: | Reptilia | | Order: | Squamata (Sauria) | | Family: | Gekkonidae | | Genus: | Saltuarius | | Species: | cornutus | | Common Name: | Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko |
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