Dtella Geckos Genus Gehyra

Here we have a few geckos identified into the Dtella genus but we are not sure of exact identification from this large group of 17 species which are extremely variable in their patterns.

These geckos can easily run across the inside of a ceiling or up walls and over rocks.

Sheltering beneath rocks.

This gecko was photographed in the toilet at Kennedy Ranges, Gascoyne with an obvious regenerated tail.

This is the Kennedy Ranges in the Pilbara where I saw this gecko.

This is possibly a Variegated dtella Gehyra variegata

I added light into this photograph so you could distinguish the gecko from the rock.

These photographs were taken by Mary Heslan and I at Mt Dale near Perth where we accidentally unearthed this gecko from its sleep during the day.  It was a fast moving gecko and camouflaged so well with the granite boulders that it was very difficult to get a clear photograph.  It had recently lost the lower portion of its tail.  

This is Mt Dale where there are granite rocky outcrops that this gecko lives in.

Adults of this species reach approx 50mm from snout to vent in length.

 They  lay a single brittle egg.

The variegated dtellas are tree geckos.

If anyone can help identify these geckos email us here at wildesa@iinet.net.au 

Text
"Reptiles and Frogs of the Perth Region" by Brian Bush, Brad Maryan, Robert Browne-Cooper and David Robinson.
"Australian Reptiles A Photographic Reference to the Terrestrial Reptiles of Australia" by Stephen K Wilson, David G Knowles.

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