Namib Dune Gecko
The web-footed Namib dune gecko (Pachydactylus rangei or otherwise known as the palmato gecko).
Its main food supply consists of fish moths, spiders and dune crickets, which are all active at night. The gecko gets protein as well as moisture from its food source.
It is also able to lick the water that has condensed on its body due the thick fog that settles on the Namib and before sunrise the gecko will dig into the dune sand or gravel to ride out the heat of the day with sand temperatures sometimes exceeding 70 ̊C!
Taken at the sand dunes around Swakopmund , Namibia. Our nature guide has to dig it out from the sand ....it was return back into its burrow after posing for this photo. ( Length approx 6cm )
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Namib Dune Gecko
The web-footed Namib dune gecko (Pachydactylus rangei or otherwise known as the palmato gecko).
Its main food supply consists of fish moths, spiders and dune crickets, which are all active at night. The gecko gets protein as well as moisture from its food source.
It is also able to lick the water that has condensed on its body due the thick fog that settles on the Namib and before sunrise the gecko will dig into the dune sand or gravel to ride out the heat of the day with sand temperatures sometimes exceeding 70 ̊C!
Taken at the sand dunes around Swakopmund , Namibia. Our nature guide has to dig it out from the sand ....it was return back into its burrow after posing for this photo. ( Length approx 6cm )
View Enlarged for greater details.
Many thanks for your visit, kind comments, invites and favs.....it is always appreciated....
Happy Travel Tuesday