curious, what is the largest species of gecko in australia?

[SLACkra]

just curious, what is the largest species of gecko in australia? did a couple searches of this forum and turned up nothing.

cheers

Andrew

[basketcase]

mainland australia?

[Pythoninfinite]

I think Pseudothecadactylus lindneri is the biggest - Giant Cave Gecko from NT & Kimberleys in WA - it was in the 70's when I was working in Darwin.

Jamie.

[SLACkra]

yes mainland. didn't think of giant cave gecks, probably b/c the only one i have ever seen was like 5cm long

anybody else disagree or agree with giant cave geckos being the largest species of gecko found on mainland australia?

andrew

[Nephrurus]

I thought the big leaf tailed geckos from northern Australia were the largest with some having an enormous SVL (bout 20cm or so).

I might be wrong!

-h

[Magpie]

Amyae are considered to have the largest bulk.

[zen]

what is the largest species of gecko in australia?

I think you'll find that it's the Ring-tailed Gecko - Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis.

It has a snout-vent length of 160 mm & is the longest overall, having a long tail which is about the same length as the body. Which makes it about a foot long overall.

It depends what you mean by the "largest"?

Nephrurus amyae is the most massive Australian gecko, but only has a S-V length of 135 mm and a very short tail.

Pseudothecadactylus australis has the longest S-V length of the Giant Cave Geckos, at about 120 mm.



Reference: A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, by Steve Wilson & Gerry Swan.

[ari]

Zen's correct

Its the Ring Tail gecko by length I believe & Amyae by mass.

I currently have 9 x Ring Tailed eggs in the cooker - due to hatch any day now.

[geckodan]

Saltuarius salebrosus generally exceed the size of most ringtails in both length and bulk.

[JasonL]

I currently have 9 x Ring Tailed eggs in the cooker - due to hatch any day now

Stop bragging.......their on my wanted list!!

[nathanbrisvegas]

i ould have thought leafies aswell because they are long aswell as fat ??? like danny said salebrosus that is probably what ide say

[zen]

I've checked the bible (Cogger) and he has the Northern Leaf-tail (cornutus) with a S-V length of 16 cm.
That equals the Ring-tailed Geckos 160 mm S-V length but as cornutus has a significantly shorter tail than the Ring-tail, I would argue that the Ring-tailed Gecko is the longest in overall length.

Saltuarius salebrosus generally exceed the size of most ringtails in both length and bulk.

Geckodan, what's your source for these stats :

[Saz]

Geckodan keeps and breeds both ring tails and S.salebrosus, so I guess his source of stats are all his animals LOL!

[geckodan]

Geckodan, what's your source for these stats

Hold a ringtail and a salebrosus of identical SVL in your hand and its pretty obvious why the salebrosus is "bigger". There's just more gecko in your hand.

[krusty]

i would have said giant cave gecko then i would have been wrong.......