Crenadactylus ocellatus

Crenadactylus ocellatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Crenadactylus
Species:
C. ocellatus
Binomial name
Crenadactylus ocellatus
(Gray) 1845[2]

Crenadactylus ocellatus, also known as the southwestern clawless gecko or western clawless gecko, is the smallest species of nocturnal Gecko found in Australia.

Endemic to Australia, it is distributed in the southwest of the country, and found on stony ground or in Triodia-dominated deserts.[3][4][5] It a ground-dwelling gecko; its habitat is leaf litter, rubbish piles, and beneath rocks. It is sometimes found in the lower parts of hummock grass.

It is sometimes called the western clawless gecko, but that name is also reserved for Crenadactylus occidentalis.

  1. ^ Doughty, P., Oliver, P. & Cowan, M. 2017. Crenadactylus ocellatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T102665067A102665071. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102665067A102665071.en. Downloaded on 7 April 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gray1845 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cogger, Harold G. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia.
  4. ^ "Genus: Crenadactylus Dixon & Kluge, 1964". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. 9 October 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
  5. ^ Crenadactylus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 November 2017.