Kuhl's Flying Gecko

[orionmystery]

Kuhl's flying gecko, Ptychozoon kuhli. This awesome gecko decided to meet me by dropping/gliding down from nowhere and landed on a tree trunk right in front of me, below knee level. I was checking out the tree for bugs at that time! Unfortunately, I forgot to bring my tripod so only high ISO shot here.



IMG_3236 copy by Kurt / Hock Ping GUEK (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr


IMG_3195 copy by Kurt / Hock Ping GUEK (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr


flying gecko R0019643 copy by Kurt / Hock Ping GUEK (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr


R0019642 copy by Kurt / Hock Ping GUEK (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr


R0019639 copy by Kurt / Hock Ping GUEK (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

 

[Blackjack]

I've never before heard of the existence of a flying gecko. Very interesting. This one seems to be friendly since he allowed you to hold him in your hand. If I saw this guy I wouldn't get near him, much less touch him.

 

[jfrabat]

I second blackjack's thoughts; never knew they existed, but if I ran into one, I would be afraid to touch them... Anyway, cool find!

 

[jhodges10]

Pretty cool, thanks for sharing. Call me crazy but I don't think there are any poisonous / flesh eating geckos in the wild, I wouldn't hesitate to pick one up. Then again I didn't know there was a flying gecko either.

 

[PixelRabbit]

That's it, Kurt, I seriously would love to come to Malaysia and hang out with you. It would totally be like hanging with the Steve Irwin of photography!

 

[orionmystery]

Thanks, everyone. Lucky me. I was done photographing this rare beauty then I thought why not try to pick it up. To my surprise, it didn't struggle much. So i took out my point and shoot and took a few more pix

 

[TATTRAT]

Wow, how cool! It's one of those creatures that seem so alien, it's hard to believe that is here, on OUR "rock" whirling around in space. Such a cool creature, and it was very generous of it to share the time with you. So very cool, I love it. I wish I had made it over to Malaysia while I was so close. . . maybe next time.