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Uroplatus phantasticus
Nocturnal gecko hunting in the rainforests of Madagascar, it can be up to 6 inches in length although this one was around 3 inches. This gecko is a mottled brown colour unless you use a flash to really bring out the red and they get their name from the spiky protrusions above their eyes.
This species is currently listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Redlist with the major threats to its survival being rainforest habitat destruction and illegal harvesting for the pet trade.
Used an off camera flash gun to bring out the red colours.
Spotted on Oct 8, 2011
Submitted on Oct 28, 2011
59 Comments (1–25)
Helluva name :D absolutely awesome gecko. Thank you for sharing :)
Look at those colors! I love the Uroplatus geckos.
Beautiful spotting. The colors are pretty.
Beautiful colors.
i bread a few different kinds of leaf tailed geckos
OMG!!! What an Awesomeness!
Cool
'Wow' is all I can come up with! :)
nice..:)
When you posted this, I was not a member of Project Noah. Good to find this and your other beautiful photographs. Thank you very much for sharing.
thank you :)
Gorgeous spotting! Just loved it!
Awesome!
fabulous!
very cool!
Incredible, for this is why I joined the project... simply Bravo!
Incredible!
spectaculaar!!
The eyes look like they are glowing in the second picture haha
That is one crazy looking gecko! Cool spotting.
thank you everyone for your well wishes and great comments.
congrats! very nice
Congratulations! Great picture.
Congratulations.
Congratulations! It is a beautiful gecko!