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Heteronotia

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Heteronotia
Heteronotia spp. in life - journal.pone.0078110.g005.png
Heteronotia spelea in life: Paraburdoo, WA (image: B. Maryan) (Top); Heteronotia atra in life: 5 km south of Lake Poongkaliyarra, WA (image: B. Maryan) (Middle); Heteronotia fasciolatus in life: Harts Range, central Australia, NT (image: M. Pepper).(Bottom)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Gekkoninae
Genus: Heteronotia
Wermuth, 1965
Species

Five, see text.

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.

Species[edit]

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[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

  • 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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