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Western Clawless Gecko

Crenadactylus occidentalis

Classification

Crenadactylus occidentalis, also called the western clawless gecko, is a species of gecko endemic to the western coast of Australia. Taxonomy Crenadactylus occidentalis was first described in a taxonomic revision in 2016 of rare and poorly known geckos of the genus Crenadactylus, assembling evidence of greatly under-estimated speciation previously only recognised as subspecies of monotypic genus. One of four new species to emerge from molecular studies that had reported chromosomal distinctions that indicated the population's divergence around twenty to thirty million years ago.

Distribution

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