Genus Hemidactylus

in Nature Observer11 hours ago
Latin NameObservation dateLocation
Genus HemidactylusAugust 06 2026Central Aceh Regency,Aceh, Indonesia

This is a lizard that we can easily find on the walls of the house. Actually there is nothing special about this animal, in fact I have seen it very often. But there is a lizard that is perched on the wall of my room, I keep paying attention to this lizard because there is a black color on the tip of its tail, I also tried to see it from a fairly close distance and it turns out that the lizard is growing a new tail or what is usually called Regeneration. After I searched for information about lizards on Google, it turns out that this animal has many abilities and uniqueness, and some of them are that lizards can grow lost limbs, and they can also cut off their own tails to protect themselves from enemies called Autotomy. Of course this is a very unique ability and only a few animals have this uniqueness. Lizards are also animals that are very sensitive to the slightest or movement, they will continue to try to avoid direct contact with humans, even I had to try several times to be able to photograph them. And from some of the pictures that I will share, we will be able to see how a lizard can grow its new tail.

Okay friends, now I will share some pictures of this gecko here.



Camera Usedpoco c65
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PhotographyGenus Hemidactylus
Photographer@maxmarvin


Link to originalcommunity
Linkhttps://www.inaturalist.org/observations/388444118
LatitudeLongitudeMap
5.157780996.62801734https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=5.1577809683&mlon=96.6280173469#map=12/5.1578/96.6278

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