Stenodactylus sp.? ID needed

Reptiluvr

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I picked up two of these geckos that appear to be S. petrii. They are 2 or 3 times as big as the S. sthenodactylus the store had. I've also heard they're commonly confused with Crossobamon orientalis. Can anyone ID this species? If better pics are needed let me know how I can make pics more helpful.

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male or female?

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spidergecko

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It's Stenodactylus petrii and it's male. S. doriae looks more like Stenodactylus sthenodactylus but it's chunky like Crossobamon. You can't use online pics as a reference because most of them are mixed up.

I was actually looking up picture references of doriae vs. petrii in my texts earlier today to show someone. I don't have them here with me but rest assured, you have S. petrii.

Online we see petrii called doriae and stheno called petrii. Commonly imported is always stheno (elegant gecko) and petrii (whip-tail gecko). Doriae, not so much.

The only decent online pic of S. doriae I can find is here:
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Reptiluvr

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The store only had males but some were less bulgy. No femoral pores just sub-caudal spurs. Thanks for the ID.
 

reptivet

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SORRY WRONG LANGUAGE: I wanted to say that in the pic of Alshiran.com there is a S.doriae female in threat position, I have 2 of them, identical to this!
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