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Turnip tail Gecko

Thecadactylus rapicauda

Description:

Mostly nocturnal and arboreal, this gecko is hard to find outside the forest, except in human dwellings are in close proximity to where they can be observed at night by artificial light hunting insects it attracts. It is an oviparous species and lays only one egg at a time. A female may lay several eggs in a year.

Habitat:

Rainforest

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2 Comments

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 12 years ago

This particular one, I estimate is about 13 cm long.

Zulkifly Amir
Zulkifly Amir 12 years ago

wow, how big is this gecko...
ya, kinda hard to see also... nice camouflage...

Jonathan Sequeira
Spotted by
Jonathan Sequeira

Heredia, Costa Rica

Spotted on Sep 30, 2009
Submitted on Jun 8, 2011

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