Banded Bent-toed Gecko
Cyrtodactylus pulchellus
The banded bent-toed gecko inhabits humid lowland forests, where it rests on trunks, rocks, and vegetation by day and forages after dark. It ambushes insects and other small invertebrates with a quick lunge and bite. Irregular dark bands provide effective camouflage among bark and shadow. Like many geckos, it can shed its tail to distract a predator and later regrow it.
- Type
- Stealth
- Conservation status
- EN
Growth chain
- ?
- Banded Bent-toed Gecko