Geckos Rule! - Standings Day Gecko

We saw several of these in Zombitse National Park in Madagascar - but I just love the pose of this one.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Very interesting. Madagascar is my favorite wildlife country, despite having traveled there twice, had not seen this species, but also not visited that park. Posted 8 years ago
1. Barry
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks. Yeah we loved Madagascar. Interestingly, we went in June and all of the tour operators told us we were crazy and that the birds and wildlife were SOOO much better in October. Well, we couldn't go in October, so we went in June - ok, maybe we missed the breeding plumage of a bird or two, but on the plus side, we were the only guests in most of the lodges and all of our jungle walks were private. It was fantastic! As to Zombitse, it isn't one of the biggies like Ranomafana or Andasibe, but it offers some great wildlife very close-up. Posted 8 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    We went in October 2012 and September 2015, and in both cases we were virtually the only ones everywhere we went. In 2012 this was due to tourism being hit badly just after the revolution, in 2015 we went to the north which seems to be very thin in tourism. Posted 8 years ago
  2. 1. Barry
      
      Lion
      
      Wow, that sounds really cool. I always have mixed feelings about this though. On the one hand, being away from the crowds is wonderful (we were the only guests in our hotel on the beach and we had a whole 2-floor "house" to ourselves - the restaurant would ask us when we would like to eat and what we would like!), but on the other, if only a few people come, the countries won't preserve their nature. On the whale shark tour, one young woman on our boat said that she was worried that we would distub the whle sharks, but the Mexican guide said that if it weren't for the tourists, the whale sharks would probably be hunted. Posted 8 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        That is a fair point and very true. Madagascar only has 3% of its original forests left, and even those area, even when declared a national park, are still continuously under threat. Posted 8 years ago

The Standings day gecko

Standing's day gecko is an arboreal and diurnal species of gecko. The species is endemic to southwest Madagascar. It is among the largest living species of day geckos. Standing's day gecko feeds on insects and nectar.

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Similar species: Snakes And Lizards

Species identified by Barry