Desert Night Lizard vs. Western Banded Gecko
Both are small, soft-looking lizards of the deserts found under cover; their records overlap widely. A: No movable eyelids: it never blinks in the Desert Night Lizard; movable eyelids: it blinks in the Western Banded Gecko. B: Olive or grey with many small black spots in the Desert Night Lizard; pink or cream with dark crossbands in the Western Banded Gecko. The night lizard has big squarish scales on the head and belly; the gecko's skin is soft all over.
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