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Geckos are small to moderately large lizards belonging to the family Gekkonidae and found in warm climates throughout the world.
Geckos are unique among lizards in their vocalizations, making chirping sounds in social interactions with other geckos.
Most geckos are tan to dark grey, subtly patterned, and somewhat rubbery looking. Some species can change color to blend in with their surroundings. However others can be brightly colored. Like most lizards, they eat insects. Some species are parthenogenic, the females capable of reproducing without copulating with a male. This improves the gecko's ability to spread to new islands.
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Geckos are small to moderately large lizards belonging to the family Gekkonidae and found in warm climates throughout the world. Geckos are unique among lizards in their vocalizations, making chirping sounds in social interactions with other geckos. The toes of the gecko have attracted a lot of attention, as they adhere to a wide variety of surfaces, without the use of liquids or surface tension. Recent studies (2004) of the setae on gecko footpads demonstrates that the attractive forces that hold geckos to surfaces are van der Waals interactions between the finely divided setae and the surfaces themselves.
That these kinds of interactions involve no liquids (or no gases) is important; in theory, a boot made of synthetic setae would adhere as easily to the surface of the International Space Station as it would to a living room wall.
Anyhow, here you have a Gecko sitting on a branch in the Amazon Jungle in Peru. The Gecko footage is shot with a 3CCD DVCAM camcorder and is supplied in flattened QuickTime format. It is shot and captured in NTSC format dimensions, 720 x 486 pixels, at a frame rate of 30 fps.
Keywords: Lizard, Gecko, Chordata, Reptilia, Squamata, Sauria, Gekkonidae, Amazonas, Amazon, Rain Forest, Peru, South America. Visit Site
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