Heteronotia

<i>Heteronotia</i>

Heteronotia

Genus of lizards

"Prickly gecko" redirects here. For a different species called prickly gecko, see Homonota darwinii.

Heteronotia is a genus of geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to Australia. Species in the genus Heteronotia are commonly known as prickly geckos.

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Species

The following five species are recognized as being valid.[1][2]

Note: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Heteronotia.

References

  1. [1]
    "Heteronotia ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. [2]
    "Heteronotia ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.

Further reading

  • Wermuth H (1965). "Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae ". Das Tierreich 80: 1–246. (Heteronotia, new genus). (in German).


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