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Uroplatus fimbriatus
Eastern rainforest (Marojejy, camp 2, Madagascar)
Spotted on Oct 31, 2013
Submitted on Feb 12, 2014
11 Comments
Fun fact! The leaf-tail gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) is the toothiest of all land animals! This Madagascan native uses its incredible 317 teeth to capture frogs and other small, slippery animals. https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/pho...
How lovely to see one in the wild!
Very interesting.
Crazy cool!
good job steven!
Awesome picture
Beautiful gecko!
Hi Stephan this is a wonderful catch. Congratulations! I would like to share this information to all. :))
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) lists all of the Uroplatus species on their "Top ten most wanted species list" of animals threatened by illegal wildlife trade, because of it "being captured and sold at alarming rates for the international pet trade". It is a CITES Appendix 2 protected animal.
From Wikipedia.
Gorgeous capture Stephen ,perfect timing,congrats and thanks for sharing
Extraordinary !
Great find!