Our search for leaf-tailed geckos was interrupted by the sighting of an Antongil Velvet Gecko. While we were admiring that lovely lizard, I turned my head and saw this one, yet another type of gecko, a foot or two away. Madagascar: gecko paradise.

Here is a list of all the reptiles and frogs I saw on this 2007 trip to Madagascar.

The Paroedura gracilis in the central-east of Madagascar have dark lines down their bodies, which is quite a different look from the ones up north at Masoala National Park.

Here is a list of all the reptiles and frogs I saw on this 2023 trip to Madagascar.

After seeing one of these geckos a week earlier and then moving to a different location, we returned to the area for one more day and had ourselves a Paroedura gracilis bonanza.