TONY WHITAKER
The suburban rock-garden (at right) has many features of benefit to geckos and day-active skinks. Lots of loosely placed rocks provide secure crevices for retreats and good basking surfaces. Dense plant growth provides safe cover for foraging. Closely branched Coprosma species produce edible fruit. Shrubs reaching to the roofline to allow geckos access to the roof void. The only problem is the cat but it would be challenged to catch lizards in such good cover.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 294, 1 November 1999, Page 15
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77TONY WHITAKER The suburban rock-garden (at right) has many features of benefit to geckos and day-active skinks. Lots of loosely placed rocks provide secure crevices for retreats and good basking surfaces. Dense plant growth provides safe cover for foraging. Closely branched Coprosma species produce edible fruit. Shrubs reaching to the roofline to allow geckos access to the roof void. The only problem is the cat but it would be challenged to catch lizards in such good cover. Forest and Bird, Issue 294, 1 November 1999, Page 15
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