ROUGH KNOB TAILED GECKO
Nephrurus asper

Description:
Large sized Nephrurus (smaller than Nephrurus Amyae) with extremely short tail, large head and a robust body covered with clusters of spinose conical tubercles. Ground colour pale brown, greyish brown to black, with a series of narrow irregular blackish crossbands, alternating with irregular transverse rows of white spots. Ventral surface is white. SVL 100 mm.

Distribution:
Only found in Queensland. Two colour forms occur, a narrow banded form in the southern part of the range and a board banded form on Cape York Peninsula.

Habitat:
Favours rocky habitats, where it usually lives in a burrow beneath large boulders or well embedded rocks.