Not specifically an id thread as I wasn't in a position to get a pic but looking for clarification...
I was at an abseiling training weekend with the SES in a railway cutting near Deepwater south of Tenterfield. We were descending a granite face and found some loose features on one section that had to be dislodged for safety reasons. In doing so we disturbed a rather healthy looking gecko that was maybe 9 or 10cm. It made it to another nearby fissure in the rock so I only got a quick look at it. I did a Google search and think it maybe Uvidicolus sphyrurus (New England Tableland thick-tailed gecko (Uvidicolus sphyrurus) at the Australian Reptile Online Database | AROD.com.au )
What I am wondering is how much can the colour vary? The one I saw looked a lot like the one in the link with the speckles and body shape etc, the granite was a reddish brown but the gecko was a dark grey/smokey black colour predominantly.
I was at an abseiling training weekend with the SES in a railway cutting near Deepwater south of Tenterfield. We were descending a granite face and found some loose features on one section that had to be dislodged for safety reasons. In doing so we disturbed a rather healthy looking gecko that was maybe 9 or 10cm. It made it to another nearby fissure in the rock so I only got a quick look at it. I did a Google search and think it maybe Uvidicolus sphyrurus (New England Tableland thick-tailed gecko (Uvidicolus sphyrurus) at the Australian Reptile Online Database | AROD.com.au )
What I am wondering is how much can the colour vary? The one I saw looked a lot like the one in the link with the speckles and body shape etc, the granite was a reddish brown but the gecko was a dark grey/smokey black colour predominantly.