South-western Spiny-tailed Gecko

Strophurus is from the Greek words strophos, meaning band, and ura, meaning tail. Spinigerus is from the Latin word spina, meaning thorn, and –ger, meaning bearing.

Occurs from Shark Bay to the south coast.

A nocturnal, grey gecko with two rows of small, black spines running down its back to the tip of its tail. It can grow up to 13 centimetres long.

This is the only local gecko capable of squirting a harmless, mildly smelly fluid from pores along the top of its tail. This is believed to deter predators.

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