Cook Islands lizards are geckos and skinks. What is the difference? How did they arrive?
Lizards in the Cook Islands are either day-active, glossy-scaled skinks or nocturnal, matt-skinned geckos. The geckos are famous for walking up glass windows and across ceilings, a feat achieved by minute, adhesive filaments under their broad toes. In contrast, skinks have long slender toes with long claws. They have very acute vision to hunt insects and to avoid predators. Continue reading →
