STARRED KNOB TAILED GECKO
Nephrurus stellatus

Description:
Moderately small Nephrurus with small slender tail. Ground colour from pale yellowish brown, pinkish brown to rich reddish or purplish brown, marked with 3 narrow white transverse lines. Numerous prominent white to yellowish spots scattering on its dorsal surface.

Distribution:
Consists of two populations, one in the south of Western Australia, the other in southern South Australia (Eyre Peninsula). These two are isolated by thousands of kilometers of the desolate Nullarbor Plain.

Habitat:
Occurs on yellow to pinkish sand plains and sand ridges vegetated with Mallee/ Triodia associations and heathlands. Shelters in burrows at bases of shrubs or hummock grasses.