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CLAWLESS GECKO FACTS |
Description
Crenadactylus ocellatus is the smallest species of nocturnal Gekkonidae (gecko) found in Australia. Their most obvious distinguishing feature is the lack of terminal claws on the digits. They are the only Australian members of Gekkonidae to lack these, and are known there as clawless geckos
Other Names
Southwestern Clawless Gecko , Western Clawless Gecko
Habitat
deserts, stony ground. It a ground-dwelling gecko; its habitat is leaf litter, rubbish piles, and beneath rocks. It is sometimes found in the lower parts of hummock grass.
Range
Endemic to Australia, it is distributed in the southwest of Western Australia.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Reptilia | | Order: | Squamata (Sauria) | | Family: | Gekkonidae | | Genus: | Crenadactylus | | Species: | ocellatus | | Common Name: | Clawless Gecko |
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