This is a very funny photo of this small critically endangered gecko and I really enjoyed drawing it. Ballpoint pen on paper.
Sadly there is very little information available about this species, they don't even have a proper name in English and is only known by its Latin name.

1. Animal: Paroedura lohatsara
- Paroedura lohatsara is a small to medium sized gecko, reaching only around 6-8 cm in length.

- Sexual maturity is reached at approximately one year of age; males display a hemipenal bulge near their vent, whereas females lack hemipenes and as such this bulge is absent.

- While they are labeled as primarily terrestrial animals, they have been observed in the wild on boulders and branches up to two meters off the ground.

-This species is endemic to the Montagne des Français massif in Madagascar and is only found between elevations of 140m and 320m above sea level.

- Both adults and juveniles are active at night, and this species is considered to be nocturnal.

2. Why they are endangered?
The main threat to this species is habitat degradation from logging for timber and charcoal and as a result of migrant communities moving into the area. Paroedura lohatsara cannot tolerate forest loss and so it is assumed the population is declining as a result.