Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the tail shaped like a leaf: applied to geckos of the genus Phyllurus.
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Examples
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Giant leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) from Montagne d'Anjanaharibe, Madagascar.
Gecko Bente Lilja Bye 2008
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Several species have primitive characteristics, such as chameleon gecko Carphodactylus laevis and northern leaf-tailed gecko Phyllurus cornutus.
Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site, Australia 2008
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With every new endangered Malagasy leaf-tailed gecko now calling Woodley Park home, Evans and Murphy are shifting the Reptile Discovery Center from a static, but crowd-pleasing, collection that hadn't turned over in decades to one that has 13 new species.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Amanda Long 2011
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Above, a leaf-tailed gecko camouflaged on a mossy tree trunk in the rainforest of the Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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An American organisation called Conservation International has conducted more than 20 surveys over the past two decades, and has collected more than 1,300 new species, including the walking shark, from Indonesia, the ET salamander and the Satanic leaf-tailed gecko, from Madagascar.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Richard Gray 2011
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Above, a leaf-tailed gecko camouflaged on a mossy tree trunk in the rainforest of the Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The San Diego Zoo's first baby of the year, a satanic leaf-tailed gecko born on January 1
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Above, a leaf-tailed gecko camouflaged on a mossy tree trunk in the rainforest of the Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Photo: The San Diego Zoo's first baby of the year, a satanic leaf-tailed …
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Above, a leaf-tailed gecko camouflaged on a mossy tree trunk in the rainforest of the Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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