Sri Lanka Bow-fingered Gecko

The Sri Lanka bow-fingered gecko, or bridled bent-toed gecko, is a large forest gecko from the midhills of Sri Lanka, known from Peradeniya, Gampola, Menikdena and Hakgala Strict Nature Reserve. The head is large and broad and the tail long and slender, longer than the head and body. The back is olive-brown or chocolate brown with four or five large W-shaped marks (Wikipedia, general species account).

It lives on trees and other arboreal perches in forest. It is nocturnal but also known to bask in direct sunlight. Females produce two eggs of about 15 by 17 mm at a time. Nationally Critically Endangered (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).