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| Brendon uncovered this small Stone Gecko while cleaning up fallen leaves around the house. |
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Stone Gecko
(Diplodactylus vittatus)
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Stone Gecko - Identification
- Head and body length: 6cm
- Total length (including tail): 9cm
Dumpy body. Dark brown with a pale, deeply notched zigzag
stripe down back from neck to tip of a short plump tail. When tail is
regenerated, this stripe stops abruptly at the breakage point. Toes
slightly expanded to form pads.
Habitat
Shelters in burrows and shallow depressions under stones and fallen timber. Dry bushland, particularly lightly timbered areas.
Distribution
Largely absent from suburbs, common in moderately dry peripheral
bushland. Brisbane records include Mt Crosby and Mt Gravatt. Drier parts
of eastern Australia
Status
Common
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