Dec 22, 2009 – A New Caledonian Crested Gecko leaping in the air – Joe McDonald / Corbis

The New Caledonian Crested Gecko, Guichenot’s Giant Gecko or Eyelash Gecko, Rhacodactylus ciliatus, is a species of gecko native to southern New Caledonia. This species was thought extinct until it was rediscovered in 1994. Along with several other Rhacodactylus species, it is being considered for protected status by the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna.