Robust striped gecko

{{speciesbox

| name = Robust striped gecko

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{cite iucn |author=Ellis, R. |author2=Cowan, M. |author3=How, R. |author4=Horner, P. |date=2017 |title=Strophurus michaelseni |volume=2017 |page=e.T178633A83326497 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178633A83326497.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| image =

| genus = Strophurus

| species = michaelseni

| authority = (F. Werner, 1910)

| synonyms = *Diplodactylus michaelseni
{{small|F. Werner, 1910}}

Oedurella michaelseni
{{small|— Lönnberg & Andersson, 1913}}
Strophurus michaelseni
{{small|— Wells & Wellington, 1984}}

| synonyms_ref =

}}

The robust striped gecko (Strophurus michaelseni), also known commonly as Michaelsen's spiny-tailed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, michaelseni, is in honour of German zoologist Wilhelm Michaelsen.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Strophurus michaelseni, p. 178).

Geographic range

S. michaelseni is found on the central coast and in the adjacent interior of Western Australia, Australia.{{EMBL species|genus=Strophurus|species=michaelseni|accessdate=2019-04-22}}. www.reptile-database.org.

Robust striped gecko

Etymology

Geographic range

Habitat

Reproduction

References

Further reading