Species profile—Nephrurus asper (spiny knob-tailed gecko)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Carphodactylidae (carphodactylid geckos) → Nephrurus asper (spiny knob-tailed gecko)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Carphodactylidae (carphodactylid geckos)
- Scientific name
- Nephrurus asper Günther, 1876
- Common name
- spiny knob-tailed gecko
- Type reference
- Günther, A. (1876). Descriptions of new species of reptiles from Australia. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg 5, 45-47.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 393
- Alternate name(s)
- rough knob-tailed gecko
rough knob-tail
prickly knob-tailed gecko - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=393.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
