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An East African clawed gecko (Holodactylus africanus) at Prague Zoo. This species eats mainly termites, the energy from which ends up being stored as fat in its tail. The Prague Zoo claims to have had the first documented captive breeding of this species.
Keywords
- African clawed gecko
- African whole-toed gecko
- animal portrait
- black background
- Boettger's strong-clawed gecko
- captivity
- czech republic
- East African clawed gecko
- fat
- full length
- Holodactylus africanus
- Lizards
- odd
- odd and unique
- one animal
- Photo Ark
- Prague
- Prague Zoo
- reptiles
- side view
- studio shot
- tail
- Termites
- unique
- zoo animal
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