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Up to 80 mm (3.1 in) in total length (including tail), the gibber gecko is a pale, creamy-fawn to reddish-brown or dark brown colour above, with scattered darker flecks and spots and some tiny pale dots, and usually with a distinct series of four or five conspicuous, irregular, W-shaped
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is very low and is about four times as broad as high, without a median cleft. Scales on the throat are minute and granular, whereas abdominal scales are flat, roundish, juxtaposed, and a little smaller than the dorsal tubercles. The gibber gecko's tail is cylindrical and tapering, with rings of
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and open woodland to saltbush and sandy desert. Due to the delicate surface architecture of its apical plates, it is considered unlikely that the gibber gecko would actively burrow, and instead it would be expected to be restricted to occupying previously excavated burrows or other retreats.
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comprises 111 species in
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The gibber gecko is terrestrial, hiding in ground litter, holes and ground crevices during the day, and emerging at night to forage in open areas. It is found in a wide range of
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which can be identified by the lack of caudal glands, the presence of small, retractable claws, and digits that lie flat on the ground.
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1016:Taxa named by Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas
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670:A Field Guide to Reptiles of New South Wales
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698:A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia
1021:Taxa named by Charles Frost (naturalist)
606:Records of the Western Australian Museum
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555:Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia
1001:IUCN Red List least concern species
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253:of small, nocturnal
202:Diplodactylus byrnei
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436:Pseudothecadactylus
247:pink-blotched gecko
33:Conservation status
348:Northern Territory
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643:2014-10-17
483:References
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373:Gekkoninae
368:Gekkonidae
344:Queensland
296:Appearance
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418:Nephrurus
276:Etymology
270:Australia
217:P. Oliver
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495:Species
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141:Lucasium
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120:Squamata
110:Reptilia
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