Pachydactylus austeni
Encyclopedia
Austen's Gecko is a small thick-toed gecko
that is indigenous to the western coast of South Africa
.
Its natural habitat is coastal dunes, where it lives in a tiny burrow that it digs in the sand and forages at night for small insects among the dune vegetation. It has a smooth, colourful body with large eyes and conspicuous yellow or white eyelids.
Pachydactylus
Pachydactylus is a genus of arboreal insectivorous geckos, found primarily in Africa, and commonly known as Thick-toed Geckos.The genus is characterised by dilated toe tips, usually with undivided scansors. Body scales are small, granular and non-overlapping, with scattered, large keeled tubercles....
that is indigenous to the western coast of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
.
Its natural habitat is coastal dunes, where it lives in a tiny burrow that it digs in the sand and forages at night for small insects among the dune vegetation. It has a smooth, colourful body with large eyes and conspicuous yellow or white eyelids.