The Gold Dust Day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda) is a 4 to 5 inches lizard found on all major islands of Hawaii. However, despite common belief, it is not a native species of Hawaii. It actually ...

Geckos are ubiquitous throughout the Hawaiian Islands today, but that was not always the case. Though lizards can colonize islands by clinging to drifting trees and plant material, the Hawaiian ...

The critically endangered electric blue day gecko (Lygodactylus willoamsi) from Tanzania. This species is being bred in captivity — wild populations are suffering from habitat destruction and ...

A new species of day gecko, Cnemaspis godagedarai, has been described in Sri Lanka, bringing the island’s number of endemic geckos in the genus Cnemaspis to 25. The new gecko, named after a national ...

Scientists found a “miniature” creature running quickly on a gravel plain in Angola and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Lobón-Rovira, Heinicke, Bauer, Conradie and Pinto (2025) On a ...