Heteronotia

"Prickly gecko" redirects here. For a different species called prickly gecko, see Homonota darwinii.

Heteronotia
Heteronotia spelea in life: Paraburdoo, WA (image: B. Maryan) (Top); Heteronotia atra in life: 5 km south of Lake Poongkaliyarra, WA (image: B. Maryan) (Middle); Heteronotia fasciolatus in life: Harts Range, central Australia, NT (image: M. Pepper).(Bottom)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Subfamily:	Gekkoninae
Genus:	Heteronotia Wermuth, 1965
Species
Five, see text.

Heteronotia is a genus of geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to Australia. Species in the genus Heteronotia are commonly known as prickly geckos.

Species

The following five species are recognized as being valid.

• Heteronotia atra Pepper et al., 2013 – black Pilbara gecko
• Heteronotia binoei (Gray, 1845) – Bynoe's gecko, prickly gecko
• Heteronotia fasciolata Pepper et al., 2013 – pale-headed gecko
• Heteronotia planiceps Storr, 1989 – Bynoe's prickly gecko
• Heteronotia spelea (Kluge, 1963) – cave prickly gecko, Pilbara cave gecko, desert cave gecko

Note: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Heteronotia.

Further reading

• Wermuth H (1965). "Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae ". Das Tierreich 80: 1–246. (Heteronotia, new genus). (in German).