They say that after 60 life is just beginning. And lobe-tailed geckos are proof of this. 
Yes, his body is completely covered with wrinkles, but this guy doesn't sit still. Let's say more: this is one of the few lizards that has mastered the air element. 
My friend and I are on a walk. Romance!
The grandfather lizard leads an active lifestyle. There is no other way in the harsh jungles of Southeast Asia. If you don’t manage to escape the predator in time, you will become its lunch. The reptile's only protection is camouflage. 
This is me trying to blend into the desk when the teacher calls me to the blackboard.
If you don’t look closely, the miniature lizards, no more than 20 cm long, look more like a piece of bark or a scrap of some kind of garbage. Against the background of the camouflage suit, only giant, unblinking eyes stand out. Geckos do not know how to blink, but they somehow need to remove dust from their mirrors. A large, long tongue helps them with this. Are you weak to lick your own eye? But for them it’s normal, they do this every day. 
Guys, do you know why this twig is looking at me so disapprovingly?
But if you look closely, you can only be surprised: how so many outgrowths and folds fit on such a small carcass! Our little friend shrank for a reason. These folds help it fly. 
By the way, the lizard uses its membranes for its intended purpose - for swimming. By air.
Well, almost: thanks to the aerodynamic properties of their skin outgrowths and huge flat tail, lizards can float in the air like paper airplanes. This super ability allows them to make jumps up to 70 meters long, flying from one tree to another! 
Leap of faith.
But before you fly from one tree to another, you must first climb that tree. The gecko's sucker fingers help with this. Thanks to their unique coating, these guys crawl onto absolutely flat vertical surfaces. 
More outgrowths for the god of outgrowths!
Instead of angrily talking about the easy behavior of today's youth, wrinkled geckos themselves are not averse to finding a companion for the night. They attract each other in a way unusual for lizards - they yell at the whole of Ivanovskaya about their desire to be friends with organisms. 
When you have found the one and now you don’t want to let her go, day or night.
Having completed the cake-making process, the female lays several eggs. She hangs them in the folds of tree bark. There they should hang for a couple of months in peace and motionlessness. 
If you don't know how eggs can hang, the answer is in the picture.
Like many tropical animals, lobe-tailed geckos have become objects of passion for terrarium hobbyists. But there is a lot of fuss with these lizards. An adult animal is extremely picky about its living conditions. And their eggs are a separate hemorrhoid for any breeder. The masonry is too fragile for ANYTHING. It should neither be over-dried nor over-moistened. Even ordinary shaking during transportation often leads to the death of offspring. 
In general, adult geckos feed on insects. But human flesh will also do.
The same goes for cubs. Tiny toddlers are not even capable of killing a fly. At first, their prey is flies and mosquitoes. Only after a while will they gain strength, grow folds, learn to chew large insects and jump from tree to tree.
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