#Nephrurus

[herpsandbirds]

Midline Knob-tailed Gecko (Nephrurus vertebralis), family Carphodactylidae, Western Australia

photographs by Andrea Ruggeri

[mushroomyhouse]

A brand new gummy little fellow from @meekor 🥰

A Gummy Gecko Charm 🥰 Featuring Nephrurus Levis, commonly called the Smooth knob-tailed Gecko.

🦎 mush.house/meekor 🦎

[typhlonectes]

Smooth knob-tailed gecko (Nephrurus laevissimus) in Uluru, the Northern Territory of Australia

photograph by Matt (from Melbourne) | Wikipedia CC

[ceticalys]

What species is Herbie?

He is a Nephrurus levis pilbarensis, AKA Pilbara three-lined knob-tailed gecko, but in my experience nobody really distinguishes subspecies here and just calls all Nephrurus levis species smooth knob-taileds. :)

[reptimoe]

A dream species of mine... Nephrurus levis, the smooth knob-tail gecko,,,,,

They got little puppy paws, I'm melting

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[nature-and-biodiversity-blog]

Smooth Knob-Tailed Gecko Nephrurus levis Source: Here

[snakemanaustralia]

Taxonomic Vandalism - again! By serial offender, Paul Oliver! Nephrurus eromanga Oliver, Donnellan and Gunn, 2022 is an invalidly coined junior synonym of Nephrurus saxacola Hoser, 2016. The relevant papers are: Hoser, R. T. 2016. Carphodactylidae reviewed: Four new genera, four new subgenera, nine new species and four new subspecies within the Australian gecko family (Squamata: Sauria). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 32:3-25. Oliver, P. M., Donnellan, S. C. and Gunn, B. F. 2021. Plio–Pleistocene vicariance across arid Australia in the ‘Spiny Knob-tailed Geckos’ (Nephrurus asper group), with the description of a new species from western Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology, 69(6):216-228.

Zoobank entry: https://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/9405da95-b152-44e3-ae9b-54233e791e5b Nephrurus saxacola Hoser, 2016 LSIDurn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9405DA95-B152-44E3-AE9B-54233E791E5B Rank: Species No BHL Results Parent: Nephrurus Günther, 1876 Specific Name: saxacola Authorship: Hoser Publication: Hoser, Raymond. 2016 Carphodactylidae reviewed: Four new genera, four new subgenera, nine new species and four new subspecies within the Australian gecko family (Squamata: Sauria). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 32: 3-25. Page: 20 Figure(s): Type Specimen(s): A preserved specimen in the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, specimen number: J4525 Type Locality: Kuridala, south of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia, Latitude -21.28, Longitude 140.50. Fossil: No

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Midline knob-tailed gecko (Nephrurus vertebralis) from Cue in the central Western Australia, January.

Photographer: Robert Valentic  

[hirocimacruiser]

Banded Knob-tailed Gecko Nephrurus wheeleri

[herpsandbirds]

Common or Smooth Knob-tailed Gecko (Nephrurus levis), family Carphodactylidae, from Australia

photograph by Pangea Reptile

[herpskeepers]

Banded rough knobtail gecko (Nephrurus wheeleri cinctus).

Credit: Melvin Den Besten

> For more pics, videos & articles visit: herpkeepers.com

[skyeherps-blog]

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[chaobunnyarts]

Tiny geckos [4/4] + Phylogenetic Tree

25 - Lined Gecko (Gekko vittatus) 26 - Northern spiny-tailed gecko (Strophurus ciliaris) 27 - Three-lined knob-tailed gecko (Nephrurus levis) 28 - Common flat-tail gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) 29 - Geckolepis megalepis, a species of fish-scale gecko 30 - Virgin Islands dwarf sphaero (Sphaerodactylus parthenopion) 31 - Delcourt's giant gecko (Hoplodactylus delcourti)

[animalfacthub]

Smooth Knobbed-Tailed Gecko!

The smooth knobbed-tailed gecko (Nephrurus laevissimus) is a cute gecko from Australia! 

They along with the other knobbed tailed gecko species are unique due to the shape of their tail

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📷1: ”Pilbara Smooth Knob-tailed Gecko (Nephrurus levis pilbarensis)” by Dash Huang on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

 📷2: “Pale Knob-tailed Gecko (Nephrurus laevissimus) (8656883171).jpg” by Matt on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

[natureisthegreatestartist]

What are these creatures? They are knob-tailed geckos (Nephrurus laevissimus), a lizard species from Australia. Arty and adorable, right?