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  Golden-tailed Gecko (Diplodactylus taenicauda)





Golden-tailed Gecko | Diplodactylus taenicauda photo
Golden-tailed Gecko (Diplodactylus taenicauda), Taronga Zoo, Sydney NSW

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GOLDEN-TAILED GECKO FACTS

Description
The Golden-tailed Gecko is a small greyish gecko from eastern Australia. It has distinctive orange marking on the tail. There are three subspecies Strophurus taenicauda albiocularis (Northern Golden-tailed Gecko), Strophurus taenicauda taenicauda, Strophurus taenicauda triaureus (Central Golden-tailed Gecko ).

Other Names
Golden Spiny-tailed Gecko

Size
about 7 cm excluding tail

Habitat
forest, shrubland

Breeding
female lays small eggs about 5 mm in length

Range
found in eastern Australia, in coastal an central Queensland

distribution map showing range of Diplodactylus taenicauda in 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:Diplodactylus
Species:taenicauda
Common Name:Golden-tailed Gecko

Relatives in same Genus
  Wood Gecko (D. vittatus)