This is a lined leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus lineatus) from Madagascar. It looks for all the world like a model of a gecko carved from wood. That's the camouflage it has evolved to survive in a bamboo forest. Very cool.
Photo credit: David d'O, via Electric Orchids.
Wow. Just... just WOW!
ReplyDeleteThx for another awesome year, Stan. Peace and all good things to you/yours. Have a good/safe holiday, and drive safely. Keep up the phenomenal work - Here's to an awe-inspiring 2012!
Humorously, this looks more 'Created' to me...
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