The Serpent Island gecko (Nactus serpensinsula ) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Mauritius.
The subspecific name, durrellorum, is in honor of English zookeeper Gerald Durrelland his second wife, American-born zookeeper Lee McGeorge Durrell.
An insectivore is a carnivorous plant or animal that eats insects. An alternative term is entomophage, which also refers to the human practice of e...
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TerrestrialTerrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land (e.g., cats, ants, snails), as compared with aquatic animals, which liv...
Oviparous animals are female animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive...
Precocial species are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching. Precocial species are normall...
Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees. In habitats in which trees are present, animals have evolved to move in them. Some anima...
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starts withTwo subspecies are recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies, found on the two outlying islets:
On Mauritius itself Nactus serpensinsula is only known from fossils.
