The Golden-tailed Gecko is a very attractive gecko with large, bright red, orange or greyish eyes, and long tail, often with golden-yellow longitudinal stripe. Lives only in S/E Queensland in dry, open forests and woodland. Arboreal and nocturnal, sheltering during the day under loose bark and in hollow branches, or among foliage, and emerging at night to forage for small invertebrates. Oviparous, laying 2 eggs in a clutch. If threatened, secretes sticky fluid from pores on tail, which can irritate the eyes. Classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN, due to habitat loss and fragmentation. [media=https://youtu.be/-b1HuYPDeug]
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Cute lizard. Shame these creatures are threatened. We only have (i think) one species of lizard in the UK in norfolk and they are in small numbers too.
