A striking dwarf in danger
Illegal logging and the illegal pet trade have driven this strikingly colored species of dwarf gecko to the brink of extinction. In their habitat, the Kimboza Forest in Tanzania, they live in fragmented populations on an area of only 8 km².
Category: other
Stem type: reptiles
Size: Males around 8.4 cm, females little bit smaller
Age: 6-9 years
Sexually mature: 10-12 months
food: insects
habitat: Lowland rainforest on screw trees of the species Pandanus rabaiensis
Danger: endangered
distribution: Tansania: Kimboza forest
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