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Blotch Bowfinger Gecko

Geckoella yakhuna

Description:

A dainty, ground-dwelling gecko from the dry plains of the north, below 300m. Inhabits deciduous and scrub forests. Crepuscular, hiding under rotting timber and leaves during the day and emerging at dusk to forage on small arthropods, such as termites.

Habitat:

Spotted on the ground at Field Research Station - Naula

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6 Comments

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 years ago

Thanks Mark! don't know whether common or not! however it's endemic to the island.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Fabulous gecko.. nice patterns. Common or otherwise?

wow!!! Beautiful gecko

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 years ago

Thank you Dan! Thank you Chief!

Wonderful spotting!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

Cool Gecko Nuwan!

NuwanChathuranga
Spotted by
NuwanChathuranga

Kandy CP, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Apr 11, 2014
Submitted on Apr 13, 2014

Spotted for Mission

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