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Variable fat-tailed gecko |
Alice Springs, Northern Territory Photo © Jordan de Jong |
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Diplodactylus conspicillatus | |||||||
Pronunciation | DIP-low-DAK-till-us kon-SPISS-ill-AH-tuss | ||||||
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Etymology |
Diplodactylus: 'double-toe'.1
conspicillatus: 'spectacled'.1 |
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Range"Very widely distributed throughout much of the arid zone; extending west to the eastern edge of the Pilbara and Western Australian Goldfields, east to Cunnamulla in south central Queensland, and south to the northern edge of the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia. There are also scattered records from the Australian Monsoonal tropics in the Northern Territory, including two specimens from a high rainfall zone in north-eastern Arnhemland."2 Found in the following Australian states/territoriesNorthern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia Habitat"...inhabits a very wide range of habitats ranging from sparsely vegetated Gibber plains to open woodlands, but is generally associated with harder stony, clay and compacted sandy substrates."2 |
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