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the lizard that ditched the night shift and got dressed up for it.
means A diurnal gecko of the genus Phelsuma, typically brilliant green with red markings, native mostly to Madagascar and nearby islands.
from "Day" plainly marks its waking hours, setting it apart from the mostly nocturnal gecko clan. "Gecko" itself comes — by way of Dutch and Malay — from a word imitating the chirping call some of these lizards make, an onomatopoeia born of listening rather than looking. The scientific name Phelsuma honors the 18th-century Dutch naturalist Murk van Phelsum.
- emerald flex
- Brilliant green skin most geckos never bother with
- sticky genius
- Toe pads grip glass using molecular van der Waals force
- sweet tooth
- Laps nectar and fruit like a tiny sommelier
- madagascar native
- Many species found only on that island
- lickable eyes
- No eyelids, so it tongue-wipes its own eyeballs
phelsuma grandis — giant day gecko from madagascar, bright green, up to 12 inches long, kept in zoos worldwide
phelsuma laticauda — gold dust day gecko from madagascar, golden spotted, commonly bred in captivity since the 1980s
phelsuma standingi — standing's day gecko from madagascar, largest species at 13 inches, critically endangered in wild