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Realistic Yellow Banded Gecko Toy Model 7 Inches
This realistic-looking western banded gecko is made to please, with its deep purple stripes and gorgeous neon yellow! It is a very well detailed plastic replica of a western banded gecko. This fabulous creature is posed realistically, it's almost comically large green eyes looking around for any signs of danger! He makes for a wonderfully well-behaved pet, an amazing figurine for a presentation, or just a fun display in any room! He is 7 1/4 inches long, with every stripe and spot in extraordinarily clear detail! Check out our other gecko toys and gifts. About Western Banded Geckos Western banded geckos are found in abundance in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts, southwestern Utah, southwestern New Mexico, and northern Mexico. The western banded gecko reaches an adult size of 6 inches. This lizard only grows to weigh about 1 ounce, and lives for about 10 years in captivity. The western banded gecko is carnivorous. It is also one of the only geckos in the world that actually helps control the scorpion population by eating baby scorpions. By hanging out around scorpions so long, it has developed a uniqued defense against predators - it curls its tail up and over its head like a scorpion in the hopes that the predator will become afraid and leave the gecko to look for easier prey. Western banded geckos are very easy to breed in captivity - however, you have to pay attention, because the female only lays two eggs a year at the end of spring.
Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from, (0.6 to 23.6 inches). Geckos are unique among lizards for their vocalizations, which differ from species to species. Most geckos in the family Gekkonidae use chirping or clicking sounds in their social interactions. Tokay geckos are known for their loud mating calls, and some other species are capable of making hissing noises when alarmed or threatened. They are the most species-rich group of lizards, with about 1,500 different species worldwide. All geckos, except species in the family Eublepharidae lack eyelids; instead, the outer surface of the eyeball has a transparent membrane, the brille. They have a fixed lens within each iris that enlarges in darkness to let in more light. Since they cannot blink, species without eyelids generally lick their own brilles when they need to clear them of dust and dirt, in order to keep them clean and moist. Unlike most lizards, geckos are usually nocturnal[3] and have excellent night vision; their colour vision in low light is 350 times more sensitive than human eyes. The nocturnal geckos evolved from diurnal species, which had lost the rod cells from their eyes. The gecko eye, therefore, modified its cone cells that increased in size into different types, both single and double. Three different photo-pigments have been retained, and are sensitive to ultraviolet, blue, and green. They also use a multifocal optical system that allows them to generate a sharp image for at least two different depths. While most gecko species are nocturnal, some species are diurnal and active during the day, which has evolved multiple times independently.
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