Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Wilderness Images    Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  Volume 18, Issue 2, (June 2007) DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2007)18[160:GDDG]2.0.CO;2 Copyright © 2007 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.Francis Bacon Gold Dust Day Gecko (Phelsuma laticauda). Unlike most geckos this colorful, flat-tailed, small species is diurnal and very territorial. They are primarily tree dwellers, but can also be found in gardens and on or near human dwellings. Gold dust day geckos are primarily insectivores, but they also like to lick soft, sweet fruit, pollen, and nectar. This native of Madagascar was introduced to Farquhar Island in the southern Seychelles and the Hawaiian Islands in the 1970s. (c) George Hertner, MD, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2007 18, DOI: (10.1580/1080-6032(2007)18[160:GDDG]2.0.CO;2) Copyright © 2007 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions