Species:
Diplodactylus pulcher
Beautiful Gecko
Some other names for this species:
Western Saddled Ground Gecko
November 14, 2005
Peron Peninsula, Shark Bay World Heritage Area, Western Australia, Australia

The mammals crushed the reptiles in our nightly count this night; we saw twelve rabbits and four kangaroos, but only five reptiles, all of them geckos. The only good news was that the five geckos comprised four different species: Strophurus spinigerus, Diplodactylus ornatus, Heteronotia binoei, and this one, which turned out to be the only individual of this species that we saw on our trip.
Here is a complete list of the reptiles and frogs I saw on this trip to Western Australia.


