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Western spiny-tailed gecko

species of reptile

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ3500586 ↗
Source-derived summary

The western spiny-tailed gecko (Strophurus strophurus) is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Geographic range

S. strophurus is found in the Australian state of Western Australia.

Habitat

The natural habitat of S. strophurus is shrubland.

Reproduction

S. strophurus is oviparous.

References

Further reading

Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Gekkonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).

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This entry incorporates text from “Western spiny-tailed gecko” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.