Eublepharis pictus, the painted leopard gecko, is a species of gecko. It lives in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, in India. It can grow to 117 mm (4.6 in) in snout–vent length. The species lives in dry evergreen forest mixed in with scrubs and meadows. Eublepharis pictus is nocturnal and has been observed foraging along trails after dusk using its tongue as a sensory organ by licking surfaces. Eublepharis pictus has 23 to 26 rows of large flat tubercle-like keeled scales across the dorsum intermixed with smaller scales. A single pale band between the nuchal loop and the caudal constriction.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Painted Leopard Gecko being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Cyrtodactylus australotitiwangsaensis
- Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus
- Cyrtodactylus albofasciatus
- Oedura castelnaui
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Eublepharidae
- Genus
- Eublepharis
- Species
- Eublepharis pictus
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