Since we moved into this house we have been undertaking a massive project!  The removal of a very large tree from our backyard, so that we actually have a yard, lol.  The tree was taking up the entire yard, i kid you not.

Whilst cutting down the monster we came across this little guy.

He is a South-western Spiny-tailed Gecko.

According to my Guide to Wildlife he is a subspecies variety as the markings on his back are not as strong as the true South-western Spiny-tail.  They can grow up to 13cm and are arboreal.  Our guy was about full size.

He was a very friendly little guy.  I picked him up to show the kids and he happily sat on my hand then licked his eye to get a better look at us.  I popped him in a container so the kids could get a better look at his spines before we popped him back on the tree, where we found him. 

Amber