News Headline
The U.S. reptile most at risk from rising seas is one you likely haven’t heard of
Source
Mongabay (India)
Publication Date
2021-04-20
At just 5 centimers, or 2 inches, from nose to tail, the Florida reef gecko is so frail that handling it with bare hands is enough to tear its skin. That makes catching it a tricky task: to do so safely, biologists wiggle their fingers in the leaf litter and look beneath cover — such as sabal palm fronds or debris like wood — to spook any geckos-in-residence.