Uroplatus fimbriatus

Taxobox
name = Uroplatus fimbriatus


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Gekkonidae
genus = "Uroplatus"
species = "U. fimbriatus"
binomial = "Uroplatus fimbriatus"
binomial_authority = Schneider, 1797

"Uroplatus fimbriatus" is a gecko which is found in eastern Madagascar and on the islands Nosy Bohara and Nosy Mangabe. These geckos live in tropical rain forests. They reach a total length of 330 mm.

A large nocturnal gecko, by day it plasters it self to a small tree trunk and rests head down. If disturbed it will raise it tail and head, open its mouth and scream. (Glaw & Vences, 1994, A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar)

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