Northern Spiny Tailed Gecko

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Strophurus ciliaris</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 236 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="d7059e60.jpg" border=0 width="345" height="230" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 WIDTH="346"><div> <B><U>Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko</U></B>  - <I>Strophurus ciliaris</I></div> <bR> <div> The northern spiny-tailed gecko is extremely common here on the eastern Pilbara coast and we regularly encounter them on our highways in good numbers every night over the summer months. </div> <bR> <div> This gecko is considered arboreal, yet is still commonly found in spinifex desert areas void of bushy vegetation. </div> <bR> <div> Although primarily a nocturnal gecko, they can often be seen basking during day light hours and UV light is probably an important factor to their health.</div> <bR> <div> Often when first handled and as a defense mechanism, ciliaris will squirt a musky smelling sticky fluid from glands in its tail area. This fluid when touched becomes like long threads not unlike the feel of a spider web stuck to your skin. </div> <bR> <div> It feeds on most small insects found within their habitat. They can be found gravid most times of the year and lay two soft shelled eggs.   </div> <bR> <div> The spiny-tailed gecko in my opinion, is a very much under rated gecko that make a very tame and hardy captives. As more people get to experience these beautiful natured geckos as pets themselves, I believe they will become to be a very popular gecko to keep.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 295 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="b1e59210.jpg" border=0 width="345" height="289" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="693"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="693" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div>    <STYLE type="text/css">  </STYLE>   </div> </td> </tr></table></body>