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Blotch Bowfinger Gecko

Geckoella yakhuna

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Field Notes

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

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)

Thanks Mark! don't know whether common or not! however it's endemic to the island.
Fabulous gecko.. nice patterns. Common or otherwise?

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