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EASTERN SPINY KNOB-TAILED GECKO
Nephrurus asper

and the
EROMANGER SPINY KNOB-TAILED GECKO

Nephrurus eromanga

Eastern Spiny Knob-tailed Gecko (Nephrurus asper)  
Eastern Spiny Knob-tailed Gecko (Nephrurus asper) or Eromanga Spiny (Prickly) Knob-tailed Gecko (Nephrurus eromanga)

Nephrurus asper has been split into 2 species

Approximate distribution of the Eastern Spiny Knob-tailed Gecko (Nephrurus asper)
Approximate distribution of Nephrurus asper (BLUE)and Nephrurus eromanga (RED) - Note that Geckos previously known as Nephrurus asper found in the Eromanga basin on the map above are now called Nephrurus eromanga


There are 4 Similar looking species of Spiny Knob Tailed Geckos

Note that the 4 species of geckos below are probably the only species of geckos in the world that cannot drop their tails.

COMMON NAME (Internal Link)

SCIENTIFIC NAME

DISTRIBUTION

Centralian Spiny Knob-tailed Gecko

Nephrurus amyae

NT
(Central Australia)

Spiny (Prickly) Knob-tailed Gecko

Nephrurus asper (see also Nephrurus eromanga)

Qld (Eromanga basin)

Eromanga Spiny (Prickly) Knob-tailed Gecko

Nephrurus eromanga (Split from Nephrurus asper)

Qld

Kimberly Rough Knob-tailed Gecko

Nephrurus sheai

NT, WA
(Far North)


LINKS OF INTEREST

Nephrurus eromanga : Plio-Pleistocene Vicariance across Arid Australia in th "Spiny Knob-tailed Geckos" (Carphodactylidae: Nephrurus asper group), with the Description of a New Species from western Queensland


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GECKO SPECIES LISTS BY STATE OR TERRITORY

Geckos of South Australia

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Victoria

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