# @rewild on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMp2zAwuuIa
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32879920-rewild-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-28T13:59:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Re:wild (@rewild) — https://gondola.cc/rewild

## Caption

FOUND: After it was believed to be extinct for 5,000 years, the Leaf-toed Gecko of the Galápagos has been rediscovered! 

🦎 This tiny gecko was only known on Rábida Island in the Galápagos from ancient subfossils. Measuring only about 3 inches (8 cm) as full-grown adults, these little lizards have now been spotted after their island home was freed from invasive predators, allowing them to recover. 

➡️ Learn more about Leaf-toed Geckos - link in bio! 

This rediscovery was made possible by a successful, bold conservation intervention in 2011 led by Island Conservation in partnership with the Galapagos National Park, Charles Darwin Foundation, and The Raptor Center. 🟢 Restoration and rewilding continues thanks to the Island-Ocean Connection Challenge 🌊 led by islandconservation, rewild, and scripps_ocean. #worldnatureconservationday

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