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COMMON NAME
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SCIENTIFIC NAME
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DISTRIBUTION |
Clouded Gecko |
Amalosia (was Oedura) jacovae |
South-east Qld (Possibly extending just over the border into NSW) |
Lesueur's Velvet Gecko |
Amalosia (was Oedura) lesueurii |
Eastern NSW |
Slim Velvet Gecko |
Amalosia ( was Oedura) obscura |
Far-north WA |
Zigzag Velvet Gecko |
Amalosia (was Oedura) rhombifer |
WA, NT, Qld NSW Northern Australia through to north-eastern NSW. |
Chameleon Gecko |
Carphodactylus laevis |
Qld |
Alexander's Gecko |
Christinus alexanderi
|
SA, WA (Nullarbor Plain) |
Lord Howe Island Southern Gecko |
Christinus guentheri |
LHI , NI |
Marbled Gecko |
Christinus marmoratus |
NSW, ACT, SA, Vic, WA |
Central Uplands Clawless Gecko |
Crenadactylus horni was (Crenadactylus ocellatus horni) |
NT, SA (ONLY FOUND IN CENTRAL DESERT REGION) |
Kimberley Clawless Gecko |
Crenadactylus naso (was Crenadactylus ocellatus naso) |
NT, Qld, WA (ONLY FOUND IN THE FAR NORTH OF AUSTRALIA) |
South-western Clawless Gecko |
Crenadactylus ocellatus (NOTE - NOW ONLY APPLIES TO SOME WA SPECIMENS) |
WA (SOUTH WEST ONLY) |
South-western Clawless Gecko |
Crenadactylus occidentalis |
WA (CENTRAL WEST COAST ONLY |
Pilbara Clawless Gecko |
Crenadactylus pilbarensis |
WA (Pilbara region) |
South-west Kimberley Clawless Gecko |
Crenadactylus rostralis - (was Crenadactylus ocellatus rostralis) |
WA (FAR SOUTH WEST KIMBERLY REGION ONLY) |
Rainforest Banded Gecko |
Cyrtodactylus abrae (invalid name) |
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Pascoe River Ring-Tailed Gecko |
Cyrtodactylus adorus
|
Qld - Lower reaches of the Pascoe River |
Hoskin's Ring-Tailed Gecko |
Cyrtodactylus hoskini
|
Qld - Iron Range and William Thompson Range |
Kimberley Bent-Toed Gecko |
Cyrtodactylus kimberleyensis |
WA |
Inland Ring-Tailed Gecko |
Cyrtodactylus mcdonaldi (Split from C. tuberculatus) |
Qld - Shiptons Flat (via Cooktown) to Chillagoe, north-eastern Queensland |
McIlwraith Ring-Tailed Gecko |
Cyrtodactylus pronarus |
Qld - McIlwraith Range |
Christmas Island (or Giant) Gecko |
Cyrtodactylus sadleiri |
CI |
Coastal Ring-Tailed (Giant Banded) Gecko |
Cyrtodactylus tuberculatus (previously C. louisiadensis) |
Qld - Cape Melville to Mt Leswell and also on Stanley Island in the Flinders group |
Eastern Deserts Fat-tailed Gecko |
Diplodactylus ameyi |
NSW, Qld. |
Gulf Fat-tailed Gecko |
Diplodactylus barraganae |
NT, Qld. |
Western Fat-tailed Gecko |
Diplodactylus bilybara |
WA |
South Coast Gecko |
Diplodactylus calcicolus |
WA, NSW, SA |
Cape Range Stone Gecko |
Diplodactylus capensis |
WA (Northwest Cape) |
Variable Fat-tailed Gecko |
Diplodactylus conspicillatus |
NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Kimberley Fat-tailed Gecko |
Diplodactylus custos |
NT?, WA |
Lake Disappointment Ground Gecko |
Diplodactylus fulleri |
WA |
*Ranges Stone Gecko |
Diplodactylus furcosus |
SA, NSW |
Northern Pilbara Beaked Gecko |
Diplodactylus galaxias |
WA |
Mesa Gecko |
Diplodactylus galeatus |
NT, SA |
Western Stone Gecko |
Diplodactylus granariensis granariensis |
WA |
Giant Stone Gecko |
Diplodactylus granariensis rex |
WA |
Northern fat-tailed Gecko |
Diplodactylus hillii |
NT |
Kenneally's Gecko |
Diplodactylus kenneallyi |
WA |
Kluge's Gecko |
Diplodactylus klugei |
WA |
Northern Pilbara Gecko |
Diplodactylus laevis |
NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Speckled Stone Gecko |
Diplodactylus lateroides (split from D. polyophthalmus) |
WA |
Pilbara Stone Gecko |
Diplodactylus mitchelli |
WA |
Cloudy Stone Gecko |
Diplodactylus nebulosus (split from D. polyophthalmus) |
WA |
Ornate Stone Gecko |
Diplodactylus ornatus |
WA |
Eastern Fat-tailed Gecko |
Diplodactylus platyurus |
Qld |
Spotted Stone Gecko |
Diplodactylus polyophthalmus |
WA |
Fine-faced Gecko |
Diplodactylus pulcher |
SA, WA |
Yellow-spotted Pilbara Gecko |
Diplodactylus savagei |
WA |
Tesselated Gecko |
Diplodactylus tessellatus |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic |
Eastern Stone Gecko |
Diplodactylus vittatus |
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic |
Desert Wood Gecko |
Diplodactylus wiru (was D. vittatus) |
SA, WA |
*East Arnhem Land Dtella |
Gehyra arnhemica (described 2020) |
NT |
Northern Dtella or House Gecko |
Gehyra australis |
NT, Qld, WA |
Short-tailed Dtella |
Gehyra baliola |
Qld (Torres Strait Islands) |
Borroloola Dtella |
Gehyra borroloola |
NT |
*Western Kimberley Tree Dtella |
Gehyra chimera (described 2020) |
WA |
North West Cape Gehyra (Dtella) |
Gehyra capensis |
WA (North West Cape) |
Chain-backed Dtella |
Gehyra catenata |
Qld |
* Relictual Karst Dtella |
Gehyra calcitectus (described 2020) |
WA |
Western Cryptic (Dtella) |
Gehyra crypta |
WA |
Dubious Dtella |
Gehyra dubia |
NSW, Qld, NT, New Guinea? |
Einasleigh Rock Dtella |
Gehyra einasleighensis |
Qld (Einasleigh Uplands) |
Amber Rock Dtella |
Gehyra electrum |
Qld ( Mt Surprise Region) |
Hamersley Range Spotted Gehyra (Dtella) |
Gehyra fenestrula |
WA (southwestern Pilbara) |
Coastal Midwest Rock Gehyra (Dtella) |
Gehyra finipunctata (= Gehyra punctalata) |
WA (coastal mid-west) |
*Plain Tree Dtella |
Gehyra gemina (described 2020) |
WA |
Kimberley Karst Gecko |
Gehyra girloorloo |
WA (Kimberley region) |
Kimberley Granular-toed Gecko |
Gehyra granulum (Split in 2018 from Gehyra nana) |
WA (north-west Kimberley region) |
Northern Pilbara Cryptic Gehyra (Dtella) |
Gehyra incognita |
WA (northern Pilbara region) |
Robust Termitaria Gecko (Dtella) |
Gehyra kimberleyi |
NT, WA |
King's Dtella |
Gehyra koira |
NT, WA |
*Litchfield Rock Dtella |
Gehyra lapistola (described 2020) |
NT |
*Gulf Tree Dtella |
Gehyra lauta (described 2020) |
NT, Qld |
Southern Rock Dtella |
Gehyra lazelli |
SA, NSW |
Large Pilbara Rock Gehyra (Dtella) |
Gehyra macra |
WA (northern Pilbara region) |
Medium Pilbara Spotted Rock Gehyra (Dtella) |
Gehyra media |
WA (Pilbara region) |
Small Pilbara Spotted Rock Gehyra (Dtella) |
Gehyra micra |
WA (Pilbara region) |
Dwarf Dtella |
Gehyra minuta |
NT |
Centralian Rock Dtella |
Gehyra montium |
NT?, SA, WA |
Moritz's Dtella |
Gehyra moritzi |
NT, Qld |
Multi-pored Dtella |
Gehyra multiporosa |
WA |
Skin-shedding Dtella |
Gehyra mutilata |
CI, CKI |
Northern Rock Dtella |
Gehyra nana ( see G. pluraporosa, G. granulum, G. pseudopunctata & G, paranana) |
NT, Qld, WA |
Kimberley Plateau Dtella |
Gehyra occidentalis |
WA |
Pilbara Island Gehyra (Dtella) |
Gehyra ocellata |
WA ( islands off the Pilbara coast near Karratha) |
Pacific Dtella |
Gehyra oceanica |
CKI - Native?
|
Arnhem Land Spotted Dtella |
Gehyra pamela |
NT |
*Litchfield Spotted Gecko |
Gehyra paranana (Split in 2018 from Gehyra nana) |
NT |
Burrup Peninsula Rock Gehyra (Dtella) |
Gehyra peninsularis |
WA (Burrup Peninsula) |
Pilbara Dtella |
Gehyra pilbara |
NT, WA |
Northern Kimberley Gecko |
Gehyra pluraporosa (Split in 2018 from Gehyra nana) |
WA (north-west Kimberley region) |
Large Spotted Midwest Rock Gehyra(Dtella) |
Gehyra polka |
WA (inland mid-west) |
Southern Spotted Gecko |
Gehyra pseudopunctata (Split in 2018 from Gehyra nana) |
WA (north-west Kimberley region) |
Rock Dwelling Dtella |
Gehyra pulingka |
SA, NT, WA |
Coastal Midwest Rock Gehyra (Dtella) |
Gehyra punctalata (= Gehyra finipunctata) |
WA (coastal mid-west) |
Common Spotted Dtella |
Gehyra punctata |
WA (Pilbara region) |
Purplish Dtella |
Gehyra purpurascens |
NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Robust Dtella |
Gehyra robusta |
Qld |
Small Wedge-toed Dtella |
Gehyra spheniscus |
WA |
Crescent-marked Pilbara Gehyra (Dtella) |
Gehyra unguiculata |
WA (north-eastern Pilbara) |
Southwestern Tree Dtella |
Gehyra variegata |
SA, WA (Western SA through Southern and Western WA) |
Eastern Tree Dtella |
Gehyra versicolor (split from Gehyra variegata) |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic. |
Crocodile-faced Dtella |
Gehyra xenopus |
WA |
Asian House Gecko (Introduced) |
Hemidactylus frenatus |
CI, CKI, LHI, NI, NT, Qld, WA, NSW, Vic? |
Indo-Pacific Gecko (Introduced)
|
Hemidactylus garnotii |
(Sydney region) NSW |
Sri Lankan House Gecko
|
Hemidactylus parvimaculatus |
CKI (Also Sri Lanka & India) |
Flat-tailed House Gecko (Introduced) |
Hemidactylus (was Cosymbotus) platyurus |
CKI (also southeastern and Southern Asia including Bali) |
Black Pilbara Gecko |
Heteronotia atra |
(North-west Pilbara), WA |
Bynoe's or Prickly Gecko |
Heteronotia binoei |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA |
Pale-headed Gecko |
Heteronotia fasciolatus |
NT (Central Australia) |
North Western Bynoe's Gecko |
Heteronotia planiceps |
WA, NT |
Desert Cave Gecko |
Heteronotia spelea |
NT, WA |
Reticulated Velvet Gecko |
Hesperoedura (was Oedura) reticulata |
WA |
Christmas Island Chained Gecko |
Lepidodactylus listeri |
CI |
Mourning Gecko |
Lepidodactylus lugubris |
CKI, Qld (also many tropical islands and countries around the world) |
Slender Chained Gecko |
Lepidodactylus pumilus |
Qld (Torres Strait Islands) |
White Spotted Ground Gecko |
Lucasium (was Diplodactylus) alboguttatus |
WA |
Southern Sandplain Gecko |
Lucasium bungabinna |
WA, SA |
Byrne's Gecko |
Lucasium (was Diplodactylus) byrnei |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA |
Beaded Gecko |
Lucasium damaeum |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA |
Pale-striped Ground Gecko |
Lucasium immaculatum
|
NT, Qld |
Main’s Ground Gecko |
Lucasium (was Diplodactylus) maini |
WA |
*Central Ground Gecko |
Lucasium microplax split from (Lucasium stenodactylum) |
SA, NT, QLD, WA, NSW |
Yellow Snouted Ground Gecko |
Lucasium (was Diplodactylus) occultus |
NT |
Mottled Ground Gecko |
Lucasium squarrosum (was Diplodactylus squarrosus) |
WA |
Steindachner's Box Patterned Gecko |
Lucasium (was Diplodactylus) steindachneri |
NSW, Qld, SA |
*Northern Crowned Sand-Plain Gecko |
Lucasium stenodactylum (was Diplodactylus stenodactylus) |
NT, WA, SA? |
Western Ground Gecko |
Lucasium (was Diplodactylus) wombeyi |
WA |
*Pilbara Crowned Sand-Plain Gecko |
Lucasium woodwardi split from (Lucasium stenodactylum) |
WA (Pilbara) |
Chevert's Gecko |
Nactus cheverti |
Qld (Eastern Cape York) |
Eborac Island Gecko |
Nactus eboracensis |
Qld (Northern Cape York) Torres Strait |
Pelagic Gecko |
Nactus pelagicus
|
Qld (Cape York, Torres Strait, New Guinea, Pacific Islands) |
Black Mountain Gecko |
Nactus galgajuga |
Qld (Cooktown area) |
Robust Velvet Gecko |
Nebulifera (was Oedura) robusta |
NSW, Qld |
Centralian Spiny Knob-tailed Gecko |
Nephrurus amyae |
NT
|
Spiny (Prickly) Knob-tailed Gecko |
Nephrurus asper (see also Nephrurus eromanga) |
Qld |
Pilbara Banded Knob-tailed Gecko |
Nephrurus cinctus (was Nephrurus wheeleri cinctus) |
WA (Murchison River district) |
Pernatty Knob-tailed Gecko |
Nephrurus deleani |
SA |
Eromanga Spiny (Prickly) Knob-tailed Gecko |
Nephrurus eromanga (Split from Nephrurus asper) |
Qld |
Smooth or Pale Knob-tailed Gecko |
Nephrurus laevissimus |
NT, SA, WA |
Common/Smooth Knob-tailed Gecko |
Nephrurus levis levis |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Western Smooth Knob-tailed Gecko |
Nephrurus levis occidentalis |
WA (central coast) |
Pilbara Smooth Knob-tailed Gecko |
Nephrurus levis pilbarensis |
WA (Pilbara region) |
Kimberly Rough Knob-tailed Gecko |
Nephrurus sheai |
NT, WA
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Southern (Starred) Knob-tailed Gecko |
Nephrurus stellatus |
SA, WA |
Midline Knob-tailed Gecko |
Nephrurus vertebralis |
WA |
Southern Banded Knob-tailed Gecko |
Nephrurus wheeleri (See also Nephrurus cinctus) |
WA (Fortescue River district) |
Silver-eyed Velvet Gecko |
Oedura argentea |
Qld (Gregory Range and Bulleringa National Park) |
Attenborough's Velvet Gecko |
Oedura attenboroughi
|
Qld |
Gulf Marbled Velvet Gecko |
Oedura bella (split from Oedura marmorata) |
QLD, NT |
Northern Velvet Gecko |
Oedura castelnaui
|
Qld |
Inland Marbled Velvet Gecko |
Oedura cincta (split from Oedura marmorata) |
SA, NT, Qld,NSW |
Northern Spotted Velvet Gecko |
Oedura coggeri |
Qld |
Elegant Velvet Gecko |
Oedura elegans (split from Oedura monilis) |
NSW, Qld |
Fringe-Toed Velvet Gecko |
Oedura filicipoda |
WA |
Western Marbled Velvet Gecko |
Oedura fimbria (split from Oedura marmorata) |
WA |
Jewelled Velvet Gecko |
Oedura gemmata |
NT |
Gracile Velvet Gecko |
Oedura gracilis |
WA |
Quinkan Gecko |
Oedura jowalbinna |
Qld |
Arcadia Velvet Gecko |
Oedura lineata |
Qld (Arcadia Valley) |
Mereenie Velvet Gecko |
Oedura luritja |
NT (MacDonnell Ranges) |
Top End Marbled Velvet Gecko |
Oedura marmorata (recently split into multiple species) |
Far north NT |
Ocellated or Blotched Gecko |
Oedura monilis (see also Oedura elegans) |
Qld |
Long-necked Northern Leaf-tailed |
Orraya (was Saltuarius) occultus |
Qld |
Limestone Range Velvet Gecko |
Oedura murrumanu |
NSW, Qld |
Ornate Velvet Gecko |
Oedura picta |
Qld |
Southern Spotted Velvet Gecko |
Oedura tryoni |
NSW, Qld |
Riverine Leaf-tailed Gecko |
Phyllurus amnicola |
(Central-coastal) Qld |
Ringed Thin-tailed Gecko |
Phyllurus caudiannulatus |
(South-eastern) Qld |
Champion's Leaf-tailed Gecko |
Phyllurus championae |
(Central-coastal) Qld |
*Scawfell Island Broad-tailed Gecko |
Phyllurus fimbricata (Described 2023) |
Scawfell Island, mid-east Queensland, Australia |
Gulbaru Gecko |
Phyllurus gulbaru |
(Central-coastal) Qld |
Mount Jukes Broad-tailed Gecko |
Phyllurus isis |
(Central-coastal) Qld |
Oakview Broad-tailed Gecko |
Phyllurus kabikabi |
(South-eastern) Qld |
Peppered-belly Broad-tailed Gecko |
Phyllurus nepthys |
(Central-coastal) Qld |
Mount Ossa Broad-tailed Gecko |
Phyllurus ossa |
(Central-coastal) Qld |
Pinnacles Leaf-tailed Gecko |
Phyllurus pinnaclensis |
(The Pinnacles, Townsville Area) Qld |
Broad-Tailed (Southern Leaf-Tailed) Gecko |
Phyllurus platurus |
NSW |
Giant Tree Gecko
|
Pseudothecadactylus australis |
Far-northern Qld including
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Western Giant Cave Gecko |
Pseudothecadactylus cavaticus |
Far-northern WA |
Northern Giant Cave Gecko |
Pseudothecadactylus linderi |
Far-northern NT |
Border Beaked Gecko |
Rhynchoedura angusta (split from R. ornata) |
NSW, Qld, SA |
Eyre Basin Beaked Gecko |
Rhynchoedura eyrensis (split from R. ornata) |
NSW, Qld, SA, NT? |
Brigalow Beaked Gecko |
Rhynchoedura mentalis |
Qld |
Eastern Beaked Gecko |
Rhynchoedura ormsbyi (split from) R. ornata |
NSW, Qld |
Western Beaked Gecko |
Rhynchoedura ornata |
NT, SA, WA |
Northern Beaked Gecko |
Rhynchoedura sexapora (split from) R. ornata |
NT, WA |
Northern Leaf-Tailed Gecko |
Saltuarius cornutus |
NSW, Qld |
Cape Melville Leaf-Tailed Gecko |
Saltuarius eximius |
Qld |
Rough-throated Leaf-tail Gecko |
Saltuarius salebrosus |
Qld |
Kate's Leaf-Tailed Gecko |
Saltuarius kateae (was swaini) |
NSW |
Moritz's Leaf-Tailed Gecko |
Saltuarius moritzi (was S. swaini) |
NSW |
Southern Leaf-Tailed Gecko |
Saltuarius swaini |
NSW, Qld |
Wyberba Leaf-Tailed Gecko |
Saltuarius wyberba |
NSW, Qld |
Thorn Tailed Gecko |
Strophurus (was Diplodactylus) assimilis |
WA |
Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko
|
Strophurus (was Diplodactylus) ciliaris ciliaris |
NSW, Qld, SA, WA NT |
Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko (Subspecies) |
Strophurus (was Diplodactylus) ciliaris aberrans |
WA, NT? |
Congoo Gecko |
Strophurus congoo |
North-eastern Qld |
Jewelled Gecko |
Strophurus (was Diplodactylus) elderi |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Arnhem Phasmid Gecko |
Strophurus horneri |
Far-northern NT |
Southern Spiny-Tailed Gecko |
Strophurus (was Diplodactylus) intermedius |
NSW, SA, Vic, WA, NT |
Southern Phasmid Gecko |
Strophurus (was Diplodactylus) jeanae |
NT, WA |
Kristin's Spinytailed Gecko |
Strophurus krisalys |
Inland Qld to Gulf of Carpentaria |
Short-tailed Striped Gecko |
Strophurus (was Diplodactylus) mcmillani |
WA |
Robust Striped Gecko |
Strophurus (was Diplodactylus) michaelseni |
WA |
*Exmouth Spiny-tailed Gecko |
Strophurus (was Diplodactylus) rankini |
WA |
Robinson's Spiny-tailed Gecko |
Strophurus robinsoni |
WA, NT (Far north border region) |
South-western or Soft Spiny-tailed Gecko |
Strophurus (was Diplodactylus) spinigerus |
WA |
Western Spiny Tailed-gecko |
Strophurus (was Diplodactylus) strophurus |
WA, SA |
White-striped Gecko |
Strophurus (was Diplodactylus) taeniatus |
NT, Qld, WA |
Golden-tailed Gecko
|
Strophurus taenicauda albiocularis |
South-western Qld |
Golden-tailed Gecko |
Strophurus taenicauda taenicauda |
Central Qld |
Golden-tailed Gecko
|
Strophurus taenicauda triaureus |
Central Qld |
Golden-eyed Gecko |
Strophurus trux |
Brigalow Belt Central Qld |
Western Shield Spiny-tailed Gecko |
Strophurus (was Diplodactylus) wellingtonae |
WA |
Soft-spined or William's Gecko |
Strophurus (was Diplodactylus) williamsi |
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic |
Mount Augustus Spiny-tailed Gecko |
Strophurus (was Diplodactylus) wilsoni |
WA |
Thick-Tailed Barking Gecko |
Underwoodisaurus (reverted back from Nephrurus) milii |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA |
Pilbara Barking Gecko |
Underwoodisaurus seorsus |
WA (Pilbara region) |
Granite Belt (New England Tableland) Thick Tailed Gecko |
Uvidicolus (was Underwoodisaurus ) sphyrurus |
NSW, Qld |
CI = Christmas Island |
CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island |
NSW = New South Wales |
NT = Northern Territory |
Qld = Queensland
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SA = South Australia |
Tas = Tasmania |
Vic = Victoria |
WA = Western Australia |
NI = Norfolk Island |
LHI = Lord Howe Island |
ACT = Australian Capital Territory
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