Crested gecko (Correlophus ciliatus) eye

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Crested gecko (Correlophus ciliatus) eye. Macroscopic Solutions. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Photomacrograph of an eye from an 8 year old crested gecko (Correlophus ciliatus). This species of gecko originate from New Caledonia and were thought to be extinct in the wild until a small population was discovered in the early 1990s on a small island in the Pacific Ocean. Healthy crested geckos have clear, bright eyes with pupils that react to changes in light. Width of image is 1 cm.

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