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Leaf tailed gecko

Phyllurus platurus

Habitat:

live in my outside laundry room.

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6 Comments

SukesihGuna
SukesihGuna 11 years ago

I was thinking the same as you, I might change the ID into Phyllurus platurus.

AliceGreenup
AliceGreenup 11 years ago

I've done a bit of research on this and what i've found is that leaf-tailed gecko is a name given to both the phyllurus platurus and the Saltuarius swainii even though they are two different geckos. From google images alone yours looks more like the phyllurus platurus see photo here ( http://www.ddreptiles.net/caresheet_plat... ), but i couldn't be 100% on that. Either way thanks for adding it to my mission!

SukesihGuna
SukesihGuna 11 years ago

Hi Alice, your Gecko looks so much nicer. What a beautiful eyes it has. I just found out that they also called "broad-tailed gecko, and the scientific name is: Phyllurus platurus. So which one is the correct name? I am a bit confused now.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad-taile...

AliceGreenup
AliceGreenup 11 years ago

Great spotting! Isn't it amazing how different he looks from this leaf tailed gecko i spotted? I wonder why that is http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/128...

SukesihGuna
SukesihGuna 11 years ago

Thanks KevinBBabbitt

KevinBBabbitt
KevinBBabbitt 11 years ago

Very nice :)

SukesihGuna
Spotted by
SukesihGuna

New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Apr 6, 2004
Submitted on Aug 10, 2012

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