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Domain: Eukarya (an organism with enclosed nucleus)
Kingdom: Animalia (multicellular eukaryotic organism)
Phylum: Chordata (an animal that posses a notochord)
Class: Reptilia (an animal with a vertbrate, special skin, and cold blooded)
Order:Squamata (Scaled reptile)
Family: Gekkonidae (gecko)
Genus: Geckolepis (fish scale gecko)
Species: G. megalepis
“Fish-Scaled Gecko Avoids Danger by Actively Shedding Its Scales and Skin.” 2 New Things, 2 New Things, 2newthings.com/fish-scaled-gecko-avoids-danger-actively-shedding-scales-skin/.
Scientific Name: animalia chordata reptilia squamata gekkonidae geckolepis G. megalepis
Common Name: Large-scaled fish scale gecko
Habitat/Niche: Found in humid and littoral forests (trees)
https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2017/02/geckolepis-megalepis.html?m=1
Food source: Small insects, small rodents and even hatchling geckos
Reproduction: Sexual (lays eggs)
Endangered or extinct status: Considered a "Least Concern"
Current population: Not known according to Red List
Defense Mechanism
To escape predators, these geckos shed their scales. It regrows in a couple of weeks.
Glaw, Frank. “A Fish-Scaled Geckolepis Megalepis Rests on a Branch. Right: G. Megalepis after Losing Its Scales.” PBS News Hour, NewsHour Productions LLC., 7 Feb. 2017, www.pbs.org/newshour/science/fish-scaled-gecko-rips-off-skin.
“Fish-Scaled Gecko Avoids Danger by Actively Shedding Its Scales and Skin.” 2 New
Things, 2 New Things, 2newthings.com/fish-scaled-gecko-avoids-danger-actively-shedding-scales-
“Geckolepis Maculata .” Dromaius Novaehollandiae (Common Emu), International Union
for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources., www.iucnredlist.org/details/summary/178319/0.
“Geckolepis Megalepis.” WikiVividly, wikivividly.com/wiki/Geckolepis_megalepis.
Glaw, Frank. “A Fish-Scaled Geckolepis Megalepis Rests on a Branch. Right: G. Megalepis
after Losing Its Scales.” PBS News Hour, NewsHour Productions LLC., 7 Feb. 2017, www.pbs.org/newshour/science/fish-scaled-gecko-rips-off-skin.
https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2017/02/geckolepis-megalepis.html?m=1/.
“What Do Geckos Eat?” What Do Lizards Eat? - Lizard Food and Feeding Habits,
RodentPro.com, www.rodentpro.com/qpage_what-do-geckos-eat.asp.