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Leaf-tailed gecko

Uroplatus lineatus

Habitat:

Eastern rainforest of Marojejy, Madagascar

Notes:

Regarded as one of the most beautiful of the Leaf-tailed geckos endemic to Madagascar

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20 Comments

Muckpuk
Muckpuk 7 years ago

Gorgeous!!!! I LOVE gecko's and this one is new to me.
Thank you for posting it.

NickKing
NickKing 7 years ago

I love this picture, I love geckos and this one's markings are spectacular. Great spotting!

JanelleL.Streed
JanelleL.Streed 10 years ago

Looks like a piece of petrified wood with legs... "-) Great find and capture! Congratulations on SOTD!! :-)))

Saumya Wanniarachchi
Saumya Wanniarachchi 10 years ago

Congratulations ! Wonderful spotting !

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Congrats on a wonderful SOTD!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Fantastic gecko! Congratulations.

lowellmtyler
lowellmtyler 10 years ago

Wow! What a truly great, and unique spotting.

MartinUrban
MartinUrban 10 years ago

brilliant capture !!

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Congratulations Stephen! Wow, I had missed this and it is just gorgeous! It looks like it was carved from wood and has the most amazing tail and eyes.

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Congrats Steve, your handsome leaf-tailed gecko is our Rangers’ Choice Spotting of the Week! This arboreal species’ stripes provide camouflage among the trees and bamboo plants of its rainforest habitat.

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RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Nice find.

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Beautiful!

Yasser
Yasser 10 years ago

Incredible.

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 10 years ago

Wow! It's certainly very beautiful! Great find Stephen.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 10 years ago

Very intriguing.
Thanks for sharing such a fascinating species !

Jellis
Jellis 10 years ago

Looks like wood. Nice spotting

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 10 years ago

Outstanding !

Gorgeous! I would love to see a photo of the entire gecko.

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

man, steven, you rock!!

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Nice Pics Stephen

Stephen W
Spotted by
Stephen W

Région de Sava, Madagascar

Spotted on Nov 2, 2013
Submitted on Feb 12, 2014

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