Family

Australian Thick-tailed Geckos

Carphodactylidae

8 species in our catalog · found in 12 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassSquamata
FamilyCarphodactylidae (Australian Thick-tailed Geckos)

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

LC Endemic

Saltuarius swaini

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

LC Endemic

Nephrurus laevissimus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

LC Endemic

Underwoodisaurus milii

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

LC Endemic

Nephrurus levis

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

LC Endemic

Phyllurus platurus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

LC Endemic

Saltuarius cornutus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

LC Endemic

Nephrurus sheai

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

LC Endemic

Carphodactylus laevis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~30%

Jan

~20%

Feb

~30%

Mar

~30%

Apr

~20%

May

~20%

Jun

~20%

Jul

~20%

Aug

~20%

Sep

~30%

Oct

~30%

Nov

~30%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Australian Thick-tailed Geckos

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2	~60%
	Smooth Knob-tail			~40%
	Common Knob-tailed Lizard			~30%
2	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	~40%
	Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko			~40%
3	Flinders Ranges National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	~40%
	Barking Gecko			~40%
4	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	~40%
	Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko			~40%
5	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2	~30%
	Broad-tailed Gecko			~30%
	Barking Gecko			Insufficient data
6	Ningaloo Marine Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	~30%
	Common Knob-tailed Lizard			~30%
7	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2	~20%
	Broad-tailed Gecko			~20%
	Barking Gecko			~10%
8	Cape Range	🇦🇺 Australia	1	~20%
	Common Knob-tailed Lizard			~20%
9	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2	~20%
	Leaf-tailed Gecko			~10%
	Chameleon Gecko			Insufficient data
10	Flinders Chase	🇦🇺 Australia	1	~10%
	Barking Gecko			Insufficient data
11	Nitmiluk National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	~10%
	Kimberley Rough Knob-tail			Insufficient data
12	Kakadu National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	~10%
	Kimberley Rough Knob-tail			Insufficient data