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title: "Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko"
description: "Uroplatus phantasticus — Reptielen. Uroplatus phantasticus, the satanic leaf-tailed gecko, eyelash leaf-tailed gecko or the phantastic leaf-tailed gecko, is a species of gecko indigenous to the island of Madagascar."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/satanic-leaf-tailed-gecko
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko

> Uroplatus phantasticus — Reptielen. Uroplatus phantasticus, the satanic leaf-tailed gecko, eyelash leaf-tailed gecko or the phantastic leaf-tailed gecko, is a species of gecko indigenous to the island of Madagascar.

- Scientific name: *Uroplatus phantasticus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 564
- Wikidata: [Q873915](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q873915)
- iNaturalist taxon: [33520](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/33520)

## Names

- en: Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko
- de: Blattförmiger Plattschwanzgecko

## Countries with the most observations

MG (491)

## Summary

Uroplatus phantasticus, the satanic leaf-tailed gecko, eyelash leaf-tailed gecko or the phantastic leaf-tailed gecko, is a species of gecko indigenous to the island of Madagascar. First described in 1888 by George Albert Boulenger, U. phantasticus is the smallest in body of the Uroplatus geckos, though there is an ongoing debate as to whether one of its cousins, U. ebenaui, is smaller because of its shorter tail.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uroplatus_phantasticus

## Photo

![Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/satanic-leaf-tailed-gecko/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marius Burger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107110417

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/satanic-leaf-tailed-gecko?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).