Barefoot Banded Gecko vs. Western Banded Gecko

Both live on the desert slopes of the Peninsular Ranges; their records overlap. A: Bumpy: big tubercles scattered among the tiny scales in the Barefoot Banded Gecko; smooth: tiny scales only in the Western Banded Gecko. B: Bigger (body to 3.4 in), with a triangular head clearly wider than the neck in the Barefoot Banded Gecko; smaller (body to 3 in) in the Western Banded Gecko. C: Bright yellow or orange with a black-and-white tail (no open photo shows it) in the Barefoot Banded Gecko; pinkish with clean dark crossbands (no open photo shows it) in the Western Banded Gecko. Where: big boulders and rock outcrops (Barefoot) vs flats, washes and roads (Western Banded).

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