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Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko is a very large and impressive species endemic to the rainforests of the Wet Tropics of northeastern Queensland.
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Most lizards have a detachable tail which allows the lizard to escape with its life when attacked. The Leaf-tailed Gecko takes this survival mechanism one step further by having a tail that bears a remarkable resemblance to the head, causing confusion in the predator and increasing the chance that predator will attack the tail rather than the head.
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