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Robust Velvet Gecko on house beam, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
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Robust Velvet Gecko on house wall, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
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Robust Velvet Gecko - detail of claw and blotched pattern. Sunshine Coast, Queensland
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ROBUST VELVET GECKO FACTS |
Description
The Robust Velvet Gecko is a stocky lizard that is often seen climbing around walls of homes near suitable habitat. This reptile is dark brown with large rectangular blotches down the back and tail. If it loses its tail, the regrown tail is mottled rather than blotched.
Size
8cm excluding tail
Habitat
woodlands, rock outcrops, shelters under bark. Often found around houses.
Food
Feeds on insects and other invertebrates
Breeding
Lays clutches of 2 parchment-shelled eggs
Range
south east Queensland and northern New South Wales
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: | Oedura | | Species: | robusta | | Common Name: | Robust Velvet Gecko |
Relatives in same Genus
Velvet Gecko (O. lesueurii)
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