- Heteronotia binoei
Taxobox
name = Binoe's prickly gecko
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo =Squamata
familia =Gekkonidae
subfamilia =Gekkoninae
genus = "Heteronotia "
species = "H. binoei"
binomial = "Heteronotia binoei"
binomial_authority = (Gray 1945)"Heteronotia binoei", commonly known as Binoe's prickly gecko, is a species of
lizard endemic toAustralia . One of Australia's least habitat-specificgecko s, it occurs naturally across much of the country, and has also established in areas where it does not occur naturally, such as urbanPerth, Western Australia . It is dark brown to reddish brown, depending on the colour of the ground upon which it lives. There are irregular light bands with dark edges along its back.cite book | author = Bush, Brian; Maryan, Brad; Browne-Cooper, Robert; Robinson, David | year = 1995 | title = A guide to the reptiles and frogs of the Perth region | publisher = University of Western Australia Press | isbn = 1-875560-42-4]It is one of a small number of
vertebrate species that are known to reproduce byparthenogenesis .cite journal | journal = Genetics | year = 1991 | volume = 129 | issue = 1 | pages = 211–219 | title = The origin and evolution of parthenogenesis in "Heteronotia binoei" (Gekkonidae): Evidence for recent and localized origins of widespread clones | author = Moritz, C]References
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