33 thoughts on “Spot the gecko”

    1. Yes! Such amazing camouflage!

      Looking at geckos etc in zoos it always takes a while to get your eye in.

  6. The front part is not too difficult, but I cannot spot the rear leg…
    According to Wikipedia, there are at least 11 undescribed cryptic species in the genus.
    Did you say “cryptic” ?

  7. Lived in Hawaii for a few years and we always had them in the house. They take care of the insects and earn their keep. The noise they make is almost like laughing.

      1. no, not like that. I looked at those a moment ago – they are spotted and much bigger. Most of the Geckos on Hawaii and I’m sure there are several kinds, are smaller, some green, some very light brown. Phelsuma laticauda is one.
        They are all over Guam and the Philippines as well. I don’t recall any Geckos in Okinawa as it is probably too cold in the winter. Too bad though because there are a hell of a lot of termites there and Geckos love termites.

      2. There’s a distantly related group of similar-looking leaf-tailed geckos in Australia, mostly in rainforest remnants along the east coast and ranges: formerly a couple of species in Phyllurus, now up to about 16 including Saltuarius and Orraya.

    3. When I visited Big Island 6 years ago (damn, I need a vacation, that was my last one) there were cute little geckos running all over the place at a little cafe I ate at. I think they are such sweet little creatures.

      2. We are planning a trip to Hawaii. I would love to have experiences like that. Probably not in the main touristy areas?

        1. I can’t even remember where it was. It was somewhere between places. I don’t really think Big Island in general is all that touristy at least not in the typical way. I loved it there – there were so many turtles that come right up on the shore. You can’t touch them because they are protected, but I took lots of photos of them. It’s a great place for snorkeling & I took a helicopter ride around the whole island.

        2. Most of the geckos you see in Hawaii are introduced anyway, so you certainly stand a good chance of seeing them in touristy places. I do some of my research in Hawaii — let me know if you want more tips on places to go for cool wildlife. Short answer is that you have to go to higher elevations to see anything native.

  8. That’s no branch, that’s a Komodo Dragon.
    It ate the gecko.

    Actually the gecko is haunch surfing near the aft end.

  12. I read that as The Ugly American Preservation Society and I was like, so now we are needing to be preserved? About time. 🙂

  14. The idea behind the Ugly Animal Preservation Society is that its always the cute animals like Pandas that get the dollars simply because they’re cute, whilst the ugly animals are left to go extinct.

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