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Hello forum!

My friend just got back from visiting her sister in Australia. She found the gecko below in her sister's house which is in the suburbs N of Sydney (Australia) in early March. I am a snake person and can't really identify lizards, expcept knowing this is some sort of gecko. Possibly some type of leaf-tail? Can you help? We would love to know what it is. She caught it in a cup, snapped the following pictures and then released it in the yard.

Thank you for your help,
-April
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'There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."' -Rainshadow

Southern leaf-tailed, or broad tailed gecko.

that looks like a Leaft tailed Gecko.

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it looks like a northern leaf tailed gecko or a speared leaftail
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Leos are da bomb

Looks like a male Phyllurus platurus. You can see more pics here:
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?stat=BROWSE_IMG&query_src=photos_browseimgs_reptile_com&where-lifeform=Reptile&where-namesoup=Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko&rel-namesoup=matchphrase&title_tag=Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko

Just copy and paste this in your URL I think...

Take Care
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Ken Bartenfeld
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