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Round Island Day Gecko
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ROUND ISLAND DAY GECKO
Name
- Round Island Day Gecko:Its scientific name is Phelsuma guentheri
- Gecko means small tropical terrestrial lizards, completely harmless
Appearance
- The Round Island Day Gecko is stocky in shape.
- It's color is usually a dull brown or grey. There
- is a dark stripe connecting the nostrils, eyes, and ear hole.
- There may be dark spots on the back. Males can reach a length of about 30 cm.
LOCOMOTION
The Round Island Day Gecko is a fast walking lizard which can use this technique to run away from animals
DIET
- The Round island Gecko eats any
insects that land on a palm tree
- It also eats pollen and nectar from palmflowers
- To gets its food it will walk close to their prey
or wait till it gets closer
HABITAT
The Round Island Day Gecko
lives on Round Island.
Round Island is about 22km
from mauritius.
It is in the Indian Ocean.
It's biome is tropical rainforest.
ADAPTATIONS
Geckos feet help them climb
up smooth surfaces, whih means
they can climb up trees fast.
They have sharp teeth that they use
to bite insects.
REPRODUCTION
The female lays about one or two eggs at a time during reproduction.They are sticky and than most females leave them.The eggs are incubated for 58-104 days in warm air.
BEHAVIOR
The gecko is nocturnal
so it mainly comes out at
night.Geckos hibernate in cold
weather.Day Geckos are usually
solitary.
DEFENSE
The Round Island Day Gecko
defends itself by having its tail
fall off, so the enemy will pay attention
to the tail so the gecko can escape eventually
the tail will grow back
ENEMIES & SURVIVAL STATUS
The Round island day geckos
enemy are rats cats and mongooses because
they came to the island and started
attacking them to almost extinction.
It almost lost its habitat due to rabbits and goats.