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knob-headed giant gecko (Rhacodactylus auriculatus)  
   

knob-headed giant gecko (Rhacodactylus auriculatus)

Zoo And Mountain High

August 17th 2010
Saturday was all blue and sunny so I went to the Parc Zoologique et Forestier (that's the Noumea Zoo and Botanic Gardens) to see about getting photos of the endemic birds kept there (the wild ones being just a little too uncooperative in this regard). Wikipedia claims the zoo to have over 700 animals of over 130 species, most of which are birds (the exceptions being reptiles, a few monkeys and som ... read more
Oceania » New Caledonia

New Caledonian Flag Settled by both Britain and France during the first half of the 19th century, the island was made a French possession in 1853. It served as a penal colony for four decades after 1864. Agitation for independence during the 1980s and early 1990s has di... ... read more
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