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  2. Crested gecko - Wikipedia

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    The crested gecko is now one of the most widely-kept and bred species of gecko in the world, second only to the common leopard gecko. [11] The crested gecko can be very long-lived. While it has not been kept in captivity long enough for a definitive life span to be determined, it has been kept for 15–20 years or more. [17] [7]

  3. Afroedura - Wikipedia

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    Afroedura loveridgei Broadley, 1963 – Loveridge's rock gecko [4] Afroedura major Onderstall, 1984; Afroedura maripi Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer, 2014 – Maripi rock gecko; Afroedura marleyi (V. FitzSimons, 1930) – Marley's rock gecko, Marley's flat gecko; Afroedura multiporis (Hewitt, 1925) – Multipored rock gecko, Woodbush flat gecko

  4. List of largest extant lizards - Wikipedia

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    And, accordingly, the most commonly used maximum size for this species is a length of 192 cm (6.30 ft) and a weight of 14 kg (31 lb) for the previously mentioned specimen. [4] [10] [13] In contrast, a large male in the spring measured 1.5 m (4.91 ft) TL and weighed 4.2 kg (9.3 lb). Males grow larger than females and probably have larger home ...

  5. Pristurus carteri - Wikipedia

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    Pristurus carteri, commonly known as Carter's rock gecko or Carter's semaphore gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. Etymology [ edit ]

  6. Gecko - Wikipedia

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    This gecko was 600 millimetres (24 inches) long, and it was likely endemic to New Caledonia, where it lived in native forests. [9] The smallest gecko, the Jaragua sphaero, is a mere 16 millimetres (0.63 inches) long, and was discovered in 2001 on a small island off the coast of Hispaniola. [10]

  7. Rhacodactylus - Wikipedia

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    Lesser rough-snouted giant gecko, Rhacodactylus trachycephalus; Willi's giant gecko, Rhacodactylus willihenkeli [2] A revision of the giant geckos of New Caldonia found weak support for inclusion of some taxa allied to this genus, and these have been assigned to new combinations: [3] Correlophus ciliatus, crested gecko; formerly R. ciliatus

  8. Gecko feet - Wikipedia

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    The interactions between the gecko's feet and the climbing surface are stronger than simple surface area effects. On its feet, the gecko has many microscopic hairs, or setae (singular seta), arranged into lamellae that increase the Van der Waals forces - the distance-dependent attraction between atoms or molecules - between its feet and the surface.

  9. Sphaerodactylus nicholsi - Wikipedia

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    Sphaerodactylus nicholsi, also known commonly as Nichols least gecko, Nichols dwarf sphaero or the Puerto Rican crescent sphaero, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Puerto Rico .