Crested Gecko

The crested gecko or eyelash gecko is a species of gecko native to southern New Caledonia. In 1866, the crested gecko was described by a French zoologist named Alphonse Guichenot. This species was thought extinct until it was rediscovered in 1994 during an expedition led by Robert Seipp.

Scientific name: Correlophus ciliatus

Life span: 15 to 20 years

Family: Diplodactylidae

Kingdom: Animalia

Order: Squamata

Phylum: Chordata