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WOOD GECKO FACTS |
Description
The Wood Gecko is a small nocturnal gecko. It is brown or brownish grey with zigzag or notched stipe along back and tail.
Other Names
Stone Gecko, Eastern Stone Gecko
Size
about 6 cm excluding tail
Habitat
forest, shrubland, semi-arid regions where it shelters under rocks or logs.
Food
insects
Breeding
female lays several clutches of 2 eggs in spring and summer
Range
found in eastern and southern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and southern parts of South 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: | vittatus | | Common Name: | Wood Gecko |
Relatives in same Genus
Golden-tailed Gecko (D. taenicauda)
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