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This awesome creature is a lined leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus lineatus) from Madagascar. It looks for all the world like a model of a gecko carved from wood. That’s the camouflage it has evolved to survive in a bamboo forest.
Perfect camouflage = completely awesome
Photo by David d’O
[via TYWKIWDBI]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwl5akl15I1qzfsnio1_500.jpg)
This awesome creature is a lined leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus lineatus) from Madagascar. It looks for all the world like a model of a gecko carved from wood. That’s the camouflage it has evolved to survive in a bamboo forest.
Perfect camouflage = completely awesome
Photo by David d’O
[via TYWKIWDBI]
Bell white and yellows are by far my favorite combo. I need to get some Bells…
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It’s time for another astonishing visit the Department of Awesome Camouflage. This time we’re meeting a very special lizard. You can see the lizard in this photo, right? Don’t worry if you didn’t spot him right away. That just means he’s doing his job.
This is a Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus). Indigenous to the island of Madagascar, these amazing creatures evolved to blend into leafy undergrowth so well that some even have notches in their leaf-shaped tails that make them look even more convincingly like dry, fallen leaves.
“”The gecko’s colouration can be brown or grey and it can transform itself into amazing yellow, green, orange and pink hues. Geckos are one of Madagascar’s most unique species. As they sleep flattened against trees of branches with their heads pointing downwards, they can adjust their body coloration to their surroundings.
When at rest laying head down on a mossy or lichen covered branch, geckos are almost impossible to see. The gecko is a master at disguise. Its large eyes help this nocturnal species hunt its prey, large mouths are capable of tackling oversized prey.””
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Photo taken at the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park in Madagascar.
[via Environmental Graffiti, Brainz, and Dailymail.co.uk]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/2521d6da33b79ba533e9dc5c8902b913/tumblr_mn6uxwm3Uf1qzfsnio1_500.jpg)
It’s time for another astonishing visit the Department of Awesome Camouflage. This time we’re meeting a very special lizard. You can see the lizard in this photo, right? Don’t worry if you didn’t spot him right away. That just means he’s doing his job.
This is a Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus). Indigenous to the island of Madagascar, these amazing creatures evolved to blend into leafy undergrowth so well that some even have notches in their leaf-shaped tails that make them look even more convincingly like dry, fallen leaves.
“”The gecko’s colouration can be brown or grey and it can transform itself into amazing yellow, green, orange and pink hues. Geckos are one of Madagascar’s most unique species. As they sleep flattened against trees of branches with their heads pointing downwards, they can adjust their body coloration to their surroundings.
When at rest laying head down on a mossy or lichen covered branch, geckos are almost impossible to see. The gecko is a master at disguise. Its large eyes help this nocturnal species hunt its prey, large mouths are capable of tackling oversized prey.””
Visit Dailymail.co.uk to learn more about these awesome creatures.
Photo taken at the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park in Madagascar.
[via Environmental Graffiti, Brainz, and Dailymail.co.uk]
