Crenadactylus ocellatus

Crenadactylus ocellatus, also known as the southwestern clawless gecko or western clawless gecko, is the smallest species of nocturnal Gekkonidae (gecko) found in Australia.

Crenadactylus ocellatus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Crenadactylus
Species:
C. ocellatus
Binomial name
Crenadactylus ocellatus
(Gray) 1845

Endemic to Australia, it is distributed in the southwest of the country, and found on stony ground or in Triodia-dominated deserts. It a ground-dwelling gecko; its habitat is leaf litter, rubbish piles, and beneath rocks. It is sometimes found in the lower parts of hummock grass.

It is sometimes called the western clawless gecko, but that name is also reserved for Crenadactylus occidentalis.

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