Andaman giant gecko
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Gekko |
| Species: | G. verreauxi
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The Andaman giant gecko (Gekko verreauxi) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae.
Etymology
The specific name, verreauxi, is in honor of French naturalist Jules Verreaux.[1][2]
Geographic range
It is endemic to the Andaman Islands of India.[3]
Description
Reaching a total length of more than one foot (30 cm), the Andaman giant gecko is one of the world's largest geckos.
Habitat
It is commonly found on trees, tree logs, and in crop fields.
Behaviour
It hides by day in cavities or under bark plates of trees (typically Manilkara litoralis), and comes out after sunset to prey on insects. It is shy and well camouflaged.[4]
Reproduction
References
- ^ a b Tytler RC (1865). "Observations on a few Species of Geckos alive in the possession of the author". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 33 [1864]: 535-548. (Gekko verreauxi, new species, p. 546).
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gekko verreauxi, p. 274).
- ^ a b Gekko verreauxi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 August 2016.
- ^ Vesely M (1999). "A note on the morphology and natural history of Gekko verreauxi TYTLER 1864" (PDF). Senckenbergiana Biologica. 79 (1): 95–99.
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