Crested Geckos
Pollination is sticky business
Geckos play a surprising role in pollination, often sticking their whole heads deep into flowers, using their sticky tongues to lick the pollen inside a flower, which they spread as they move from bloom to bloom. To help them move around, gecko feet are covered in microscopic hairs called setae which act as adhesives. As an arboreal species, crested geckos are commonly found in trees and can effortlessly leap from one tree to another, making the most of their vertical habitat.
- IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (at high risk of extinction in the wild)
- Type: Reptile
- Habitat: Forests of New Caledonia
- Diet: Omnivore – fruit, insects, and pollen
- Size: 15 to 25 centimetres long, including tail
- Weight: 42 to 45 grams
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Fun Facts about Crested Geckos
This species can be found in many different colours and patterns.
Crested geckos do not have eyelids but have a transparent membrane over their eyes that they will lick clean.
They are a vocal species that will communicate with chirps and barks.
Crested geckos lay eggs in pairs, rather than a larger clutch.
A crested gecko may lose its tail to avoid predation, and by adulthood it is common for a gecko to be tailless.
This species is primarily nocturnal.
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