Friday, 18 January 2013

Amazing geckos!

The next gecko we found on of the more mature trees in the forest was a mossy gecko (Mniarogekko chahoua), a large female that unfortunately was missing her tail entirely. This however did not take away of the beauty of this animal.

A mossy gecko exiting its hide.

Even while this female gecko is missing its tale, it remains a stunning animal. The animal is extremely well camouflaged against the mossy bark.

To be continued...
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10 comments:

  1. Unknown18 January 2013 at 21:57

    Sooooooo beautiful, truly gorgeous!!!!! Wonderful find, simply stunning!

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  2. Unknown19 January 2013 at 21:08

    that looks amazing

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  3. Romans1:1620 January 2013 at 00:10

    Beautiful gecko!

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  4. Unknown20 January 2013 at 07:24

    wow! shes gorgeous!

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  5. Unknown20 January 2013 at 14:36

    What an incredible creature! Great find!

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  6. dendro_2125 January 2013 at 07:10

    Beautiful gecko!!

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  7. Anonymous10 February 2013 at 16:38

    its genus is wrong:this gecko belongs to rhacodactylus

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  8. Emmanuel Van Heygen11 February 2013 at 00:33

    Hi Avi,

    Thanks for your message, but please note that the genus has been changed to "Mniarogekko" last year. See the article below.

    BAUER, AARON M.; TODD R. JACKMAN, ROSS A. SADLIER & ANTHONY H. WHITAKER 2012. Revision of the giant geckos of New Caledonia (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Rhacodactylus). Zootaxa 3404: 1–52

    http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03404p052f.pdf

    Regards,

    Emmanuel Van Heygen

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  9. Annie14 March 2013 at 08:26

    Delighted to see these chahoua n the big leachies.. so well camoflaged by their markings within their own habitats.

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  10. Anonymous15 May 2013 at 11:14

    Stunning and beautiful! I am so jealous!

    Jimmy
    ExoticPetsHQ

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