The giant leaf-tail gecko (''Uroplatus giganteus'') is a species of
lizard in the family
Gekkonidae
Gekkonidae (the common geckos) is the largest family of geckos, containing over 950 described species in 64 genera. Members of the Gekkonidae comprise many of the most widespread gecko species, including house geckos ('' Hemidactylus''), tokay g ...
. It is endemic to
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. It can reach a
snout–vent length of 20 cm and a total length of 32.2 cm.
References
Uroplatus
Reptiles described in 2006
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