Any lizard ppl out there?
I saw this lizard earlier while in Mauritius for my holiday, anyone know what this is?
Sorry if this is against the rules this just seemed like the best place to ask
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Mauritius ornate day gecko
Mauritius ornate day gecko (Phelsuma ornata) is a diurnal species of gecko. It occurs on the island of Mauritius and some surrounding islands and typically inhabits different trees and bushes. The Mauritius ornate day gecko feeds on insects and nectar.
This gecko is one of the smallest day geckos. It can reach a total length of about 12 cm. T...
Found it!
They are very pretty, I wonder why they aren't more popular in the pet trade. Most likely it's just illegal to import/export them.
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This is the only pic I've found of one that has brighter colours than the one you found! So cool
The one I saw was a little baby! I’m sure if i see an adult it will be that bright
Also I swear I’ve seen you from somewhere before lol
Omg, the Wikipedia says that we sent some to space in 2014
What Thats hilarious
None of them survived, sadly. but that's still crazy to learn about them
Had to double check mutual servers and then dms, I sold you some cheetahs!
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Pffft
This is educational so I better not get in trouble for sharing it
LOL
I can't believe they spent so much money on this space experiment only for the heaters to fail
You'd think they would have their bases covered with... You know.... Keeping the test subjects alive
You’d think that but clearly not
Also so much money to watch lizards….. you know…
They wanted to see if it worked in space, I guess lol
lol and it’s always the Russians with the wacky experiments
We will never know because they messed up the experiment 😂
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This is definitely the wildest lore I've randomly uncovered on an animal
Yup true
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That's an ornate
Ornate day gecko, planning on owning one sometime soon