Reptile Wiki

Gargoyle Gecko Wiki: Ecology, Behavior, and Natural History

Gargoyle Gecko

Rhacodactylus auriculatus

The Gargoyle gecko gets its name from the protrusions on either side of its head, but its true charm lies in its versatile lifestyle, moving vertically between the forest floor and the canopy in the forests and shrublands of southern New Caledonia.

Gold Dust Day Gecko: The Green Acrobat Dusted with Gold

A natural-history portrait of Phelsuma laticauda, from adhesive feet, nectar feeding, territorial life, and reproduction to island introductions and conservation.

Peacock Day Gecko: The Four-Eyed Day Gecko of Madagascar's Eastern Forests

Natural history of Phelsuma quadriocellata: flank ocelli, arboreal ecology, diet, reproduction, taxonomy, and conservation.

Green Basilisk: The Crowned Lizard That Runs on Water

Explore the green basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons): its crests, water-running physics, riverside forest life, unexpected prey, reproduction and conservation.

Green Anole Wiki: Ecology, Behavior, and Natural History

Green Anole

Anolis carolinensis

The green anole is a small arboreal lizard that employs a complex visual language involving body color shifts between green and brown, a red dewlap, and gestures resembling push-ups.

Green Iguana: The Canopy Herbivore That Leaps into Rivers

Explore the green iguana's enormous tail and dewlap, canopy life, aquatic escape, herbivory, reproduction, social signals, taxonomy, conservation, and invasive populations through research-based natural history.

Gidgee Skink: The Rock-Dwelling Lizard with a Long-Lived Family

Explore the gidgee skink’s spiny defense, enduring family groups, scent signals and live birth through field research.

Neon Day Gecko Natural History Wiki: Madagascar’s Tiny Jewel of the Bamboo Forest

Explore the taxonomy, appearance, habitat, behavior, diet, reproduction, and conservation of the neon day gecko, a tiny specialist of northwestern Madagascar’s bamboo forests.

Rankin's Dragon Species Wiki: Life on Australia's Black-Soil Plains | Pogona henrylawsoni

Explore the taxonomy, black-soil habitat, colour changes and defensive behavior of Pogona henrylawsoni through original field research.

Red-Eyed Crocodile Skink: The Armored Lizard with Crimson Eyes

Meet the red-eyed crocodile skink of New Guinea’s wet leaf litter: armored scales, vocalization, death-feigning, single-egg reproduction, and parental behavior.

Leopard Gecko: Ecology, Behavior and Natural History

Leopard Gecko

Eublepharis macularius

Explore the wild leopard gecko: its taxonomy, native range, rocky microhabitats, senses, diet, reproduction, tail autotomy and conservation.

The Ultimate Guide to *Rhacodactylus leachianus* (Leachianus Gecko) — Evolution, Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation of the World's Largest Extant Gecko

New Caledonian Giant Gecko

Rhacodactylus leachianus

This guide provides an in-depth analysis based on actual photographs and original research papers, covering everything from the taxonomy and evolution of *Rhacodactylus leachianus*—the world's largest extant gecko—to its New Caledonian localities, morphology, nocturnal behavior, radio-tracking studies, diet, egg-laying, the *henkeli* debate, the 2024 new species description, and conservation status.