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Sandstone Night Lizard vs. Peninsular Leaf-toed Gecko

Both live in rock cracks on the desert side of the Peninsular Ranges; their records meet there. A: Slim toes with no pads in the Sandstone Night Lizard; a pair of big flat leaf-like pads at each toe tip in the Peninsular Leaf-toed Gecko. B: Big plates on the head, no eyelids in the Sandstone Night Lizard; no eyelids; a gecko's granular head in the Peninsular Leaf-toed Gecko.

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Sandstone Night Lizard

Xantusia gracilis

Peninsular Leaf-toed Gecko

Phyllodactylus nocticolus
Sandstone Night Lizard vs. Peninsular Leaf-toed Gecko: comparison sheet with the differences marked

Photographs via iNaturalist under Creative Commons licences; the photographers are credited on the sheet.

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