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Lygodactylus luteopicturatus
The Yellow-headed Dwarf Gecko is a small species of African gecko with an average length of 80 millimetres (3.1 in). The body and tail are grey, contrasting with the yellow head. Right above my head on the first shot as we are checking each other out.
Rocky areas. Spotted here in an urban garden near the beach. Distribution: southern Kenya, eastern Tanzania, and Zanzibar.
Lygodactylus is a genus of diurnal geckos with approximately 60 species, commonly referred to as Dwarf Geckos. They are mainly found in Africa and Madagascar although two species are found in South America. Previously spotted in Zanzibar: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/113...
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I got a gecko to only it's a eye lash crested gecko
Thank you yunseong1!
Amazing!
Belated thanks Braulio, Olivia and Michele!
Great shot
Lovely shot! Great expression!
WHAT?!?!?!
I haven´t favorited this yet?
But it´s an AWESOME spotting!
Why could I be so...
Nevermind. Congrats!
Thank you Karen, and everyone for your kind words! Dragoon, you're correct! I was trying to photograph a butterfly with a macro lens when I came nose-to-nose with this little guy. I changed lens for the last 3 shots.
Congratulations Daniele!
Beautiful! Congratulations Daniele!
Love the eyes and the beautiful coloration! Congratulations on the honor, Daniele!
Congratulations, Daniele!
Such a cute spotting! Congratulations Daniele!
Beautiful! That must've taken a small aperture-- I'd guess 1.8 or 2.8 on the first two? Great captures of a great little fella!
congratulations Daniele. Not at all surprised that this got a place in the Best of 2012. It would have been unfair if it hadn't. I love it!
Congratulations Daniele :):)
Congrats Daniele! This adorable little gecko has been chosen as a runner up in the Best of 2012, reptiles category.
http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/3975372...
https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/pos...
https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/2...
Thanks for your comment mhosadurga!
wow!
Thank you Noel!
bayucca :-)
@Daniele: I agree with you that this little guy has therapeutic properties just by looking at the image :-) Great photos!!!
Look at my icon... You would never find out that's me!
I've been found out:-))))
I know this guy from the rangers chat!
Thanks Daacwen, Blogie and Alice! This little guy even has therapeutic properties if you look at this image for long and often enough! See:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/354177114...