
Tiny elusive gecko rediscovered on one of the Galapagos islands
A leaf-toed gecko from Rábida Island Rory Stansbury/Island Conservation A tiny gecko has been rediscovered on Rábida Island in the Galápagos, where it was believed to have been wiped out by invasive rats. The leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus maresi), whose adults are just 8 centimetres long, was previously only known to have existed on Rábida from…