A Southern Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus solimoensis) resting in the forest

Each time I've been to Peruvian Amazonia, I've seen these geckos on the walls of manmade structures at night. This is the only individual I've ever seen in the forest.

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Ferdy Christant

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Mind blown, look so much like the flat geckos in Madagascar. How did that happen? Co-evolution? Posted 5 years ago
1. John Sullivan
  
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  Convergent Evolution is the usual term I think. But the really impressive examples of that (with respect to Madagascar’s Uroplatus) are the Australian leaf-tailed geckos in the genera Saltuarius and Phyllurus. But Uroplatus are still the best geckos. Posted 5 years ago

The Southern Turnip-tailed Gecko

"Thecadactylus solimoensis" is a species of gecko described in 2007. It is often confused with "T. rapicauda", the turnip-tailed gecko. This species is found at elevations of 120–200 m above sea level in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, southern Colombia and western Brazil, mostly within the headwaters of the Amazon river system.

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Similar species: Snakes And Lizards

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Uploaded Aug 22, 2020. Captured Jan 12, 2014 19:09 in 16220, Peru.

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Captured in the summer. More summer photos.