Asian flat-tailed house gecko (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Asian flat-tailed house gecko

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An Asian flat-tailed house gecko, Hemidactylus platyurus. Videos of these geckos, common in the forests of Singapore, showed that their tails allow them to recover effectively from crash landings on tree trunks.

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Ardian Jusufi

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