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Giant Day Gecko

Photo by Yasser
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Field Notes

Description:

Bright green and colorful

Habitat:

Terrarium

Notes:

This captive-bred day gecko was on display as part of a gecko exhibit at the National Geographic museum in Washington DC

Reference Links:

Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis

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Comments (5)
Christian9
Its natural habitat is the island of Madagascar and that shade of green is just amazing!!!
Yasser
Keith, I've thought about this a bit and have moved it over to "other" and added more specific notes. I think we should try to reserve "pets" for household and domesticated critters. If we get a surge of zoo/museum specimens, we can consider creating a "zoo" category as well. Hope that makes sense! Thanks,
lori.tas
I used to keep Gold dust day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda) and Four Spot Day Gecko (Phelsuma quadriocellata quadriocellata); they were lots of fun to watch, especially if you put a live fly in their vivarium. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phelsuma_madagascariensis_grandis
peter
The vividness of the green is mind boggling.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2010

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