[citation needed] The specific name, carteri, is in honor of Dr. Henry Carter who collected the holotype.

[citation needed] P. carteri is native to Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen,[3] where it often is found basking on rocks or in urban areas.

[citation needed] P. carteri are often seen swaying their curly tails back and forth to each other in a way to sort of communicate to each other.

This is unusual in geckos except in the genera Phelsuma, Lygodactylus, Naultinus, Quedenfeldtia, Rhoptropus, all Sphaerodactylids, and, of course, Pristurus.

Adult females lay 1–2 hard shelled eggs that are incubated at 28 °C (82.4 °F) for 70–90 days.