Western spiny-tailed gecko explained
The western spiny-tailed gecko (Strophurus strophurus) is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Geographic range
S. strophurus is found in the Australian state of Western Australia.[1]
Habitat
The natural habitat of S. strophurus is shrubland.
Reproduction
S. strophurus is oviparous.[1]
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Gekkonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Diplodactylus strophurus, new combination, p. 100).
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. .
- Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1836). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome troisième [= ''General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of the Reptiles, Volume 3'' ]. Paris: Roret. iv + 517 pp. + Errata et emendanda. (Phyllodactylus strophurus, new species, pp. 397–399). (in French).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) [= Annotated list of recent, subrecent and fossil known Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". ''Gekkota'' '''2''': 28–153. (''Strophurus strophurus'', p. 115). (in German).
*Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). ''A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition''. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. {{ISBN|978-1921517280}}.
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Notes and References
- www.reptile-database.org.