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A new tail will then grow in its place, usually lacking the original color and texture. The muscles in the old tail will continue to flex for up to 30 minutes after the drop to distract predators. [5] Leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius) and African fat-tailed geckos (Hemitheconyx caudicinctus) are popular pet lizards.
Printable version; In other projects ... also called the Zhe-long's leopard gecko, is a gecko endemic to China. [2] ... Mobile view ...
Goniurosaurus yingdeensis Y. Wang et al., 2010 – Yingde leopard gecko Goniurosaurus zhelongi Y. Wang et al., 2014 – Zhe-long's leopard gecko Nota bene : In the above list, a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Goniurosaurus .
Printable version; In other projects ... commonly known as the Nanling leopard gecko, is a gecko endemic to China. [1] ... Mobile view ...
Leopard geckos were first described as a species by zoologist Edward Blyth in 1854 as Eublepharis macularius. [1] The generic name Eublepharis is a combination of the Greek words eu (good) and blepharos (eyelid), as having eyelids is the primary characteristic that distinguishes members of this subfamily from other geckos, along with a lack of lamellae.
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Body stout; limbs rather short; digits short. Snout as long as distance between orbit and ear-opening; the latter large, suboval, vertical. Head covered-with irregular polygonal scales, intermixed with enlarged tubercles on the temple and occiput; rostral sub-pentagonal, twice as broad as high, with, median cleft above; 3 or 4 internasals; about 10 upper and as many lower labials; mental ...
The toes do not have adhesive lamellae or membranes (Eublepharis cannot climb like their other gecko cousins). [1] [page needed] Like all members of Eublepharidae, they are primarily nocturnal. [1] [page needed] [2] Included in this group is the popular pet leopard gecko Eublepharis macularius. [1] [page needed]