These small geckos were the most commonly-seen lizards in the flooded forest, but that only means that I saw as many as ten or so in the four days that we were at Mamirauá. Partly this was because the weather and geography meant that we only hiked in the forest while it wasn't raining for a total of perhaps four hours, and some of that was earlier in the morning than the lizard's daily activity period. But even so, these lizards were hard to notice, because they are small, well-camouflaged, and shy. The males have red-orange spots and yellow collars, but you have to get quite close to notice these colors in the dappled forest light, and the geckos didn't really want you quite that close.

Here is an account of the four days we spent at Uakari Floating Lodge in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve.