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PRICKLY GECKO FACTS |
Description
Body brown to black with wide pale brown stripes across the body and tail. Up to 6 cm long (snout-vent).
Bynoe's Geckos move quickly across ground areas and shelter in fallen trees and under rocks. When present, they are often very abundant. They are nocturnal, foraging at night and feeding mainly on small insects. Females lay two hard-shelled eggs. There are known all-female parthenogenetic populations of Bynoe's Geckos in which the females are able to produce clones of themselves without males.
Author credit: Museum Victoria Sciences Staff / Museum Victoria
Habitat
In most dry open areas.
Food
Carnivore
Range
Mainland Australia.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Reptilia | | Order: | Squamata (Sauria) | | Family: | Gekkonidae | | Genus: | Heteronotia | | Species: | binoei | | Common Name: | Prickly Gecko |
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