| Heteronotia binoei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Heteronotia |
| Species: | H. binoei
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| Binomial name | |
| Heteronotia binoei (Gray, 1845)
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Heteronotia binoei, known commonly as Bynoe's gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae, and is endemic to Australia. One of the continent's least-habitat-specific geckos, it occurs naturally across much of the country, and has also established in areas where it does not occur normally, such as urban Perth, Western Australia. It is dark brown to reddish-brown, depending on the colour of the ground upon which it lives (to which it adapts for camouflaging), as well as irregular light bands with dark edges along its back.[3]
Bynoe's gecko is one of a small number of vertebrate species that are known to reproduce by parthenogenesis, another reptilian example being the mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris) of Southeast Asia and Oceania islands (not Australia or New Zealand).[4]
- ^ Ellis R, Moritz C (2017). "Heteronotia binoei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T56796470A56796541. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T56796470A56796541.en. Downloaded on 24 June 2018.
- ^ "Heteronotia binoei ". The Reptile Database. http://www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Bush, Brian; Maryan, Brad; Browne-Cooper, Robert; Robinson, David (2000). A Guide to the Reptiles and Frogs of the Perth region. Melbourne: UWA Publishing. 226 pp. ISBN 978-1-875560-42-4.
- ^ Moritz C (1991). "The origin and evolution of parthenogenesis in Heteronotia binoei (Gekkonidae): Evidence for recent and localized origins of widespread clones". Genetics. 129 (1): 211–219. doi:10.1093/genetics/129.1.211. PMC 1204568. PMID 1682211.