SMOOTH KNOB TAILED GECKO
Nephrurus laevissimus

Description:
The smallest Nephrurus with small slender tail. Ground colour from pink to pinkish grey, body usually patterned with numerous small whitish spots. Three dark brown (sometimes broken) lines present on head and forebody. Ventral surfaces white. SVL 70mm. Distinguished from Nephrurus Levis in possessing much more slender tail and lacking lateral tubercles.

Distribution:
South-eastern WA, extending into north-western SA and southern parts of the NT.

Habitat:
Occurs on crests and slopes of red and yellow desert sand ridges vegetated with hummock grasses. Shelters in burrows excavated at bases of the grasses.