Strophurus spinigerus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The south-western spiny-tailed gecko (Strophurus spinigerus), also known commonly as the soft spiny-tailed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Two subspecies are recognized.
S. spinigerus is found in the southwestern part of the Australian state of Western Australia. The natural habitats of S. spinigerus are forest and shrubland. S. spinigerus may attain a total length (including tail) of 11.4 cm (4.5 in). Dorsally, it is olive-grey, speckled with black. It may have a broad zigzag black stripe along the back. The spiny tubercles on the back and tail are black. Ventrally, it is dirty white, either uniform or speckled with black.
S. spinigerus is oviparous. Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. Strophurus spinigerus inornatus (Storr, 1988) Strophurus spinigerus spinigerus (Gray, 1842) Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Strophurus.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rottnest Island | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perth | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perth Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia |
No species of the same family or order lives in Perth, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Soft Spiny-tailed Gecko sighting in Perth on a given day, based on 43 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 10th most-seen of the 23 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Soft Spiny-tailed Gecko in Perth on a given day, against under 5% in March and September, the lowest months. Those are among Perth's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 130 mm in July.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Soft Spiny-tailed Gecko sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Perth, in our data
Perth is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Soft Spiny-tailed Gecko sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Soft Spiny-tailed Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Perth (43 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
