Heteronotia

"Prickly gecko" redirects here. For a different species called prickly gecko, see Homonota darwinii.

Heteronotia is a genus of geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to Australia. Species in the genus Heteronotia are commonly known as prickly geckos.

Heteronotia
Heteronotia spelea in life: Paraburdoo, WA (image: B. Maryan) (Top); Heteronotia atra in life: 5 km south of Lake Poongkaliyarra, WA (image: B. Maryan) (Middle); Heteronotia fasciolatus in life: Harts Range, central Australia, NT (image: M. Pepper).(Bottom)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Subfamily:	Gekkoninae
Genus:	Heteronotia Wermuth, 1965
Species
Five, see text.

Species

The following five species are recognized as being valid.^[1][2]

• Heteronotia atra Pepper et al., 2013 – black Pilbara gecko
• Heteronotia binoei (Gray, 1845) – Bynoe's gecko, prickly gecko
• Heteronotia fasciolata Pepper et al., 2013 – pale-headed gecko
• Heteronotia planiceps Storr, 1989 – Bynoe's prickly gecko
• Heteronotia spelea (Kluge, 1963) – cave prickly gecko, Pilbara cave gecko, desert cave gecko

Note: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Heteronotia.

References

1. "Heteronotia ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. "Heteronotia ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.

Further reading

• Wermuth H (1965). "Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae ". Das Tierreich 80: 1–246. (Heteronotia, new genus). (in German).