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...

10 comments:

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

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  2. What an incredible creature! Great find!

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  3. its genus is wrong:this gecko belongs to rhacodactylus

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

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  6. Stunning and beautiful! I am so jealous!

    Jimmy
    ExoticPetsHQ

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