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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
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)
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