Tuesday 27 February 2018
Thursday 22 February 2018
Reptile report and poem
We will have met the success criteria when we
- Can work out the meaning of new vocabulary.
- Can independently locate information within a text.
- Can create a poem to reflect our acquisition of new
- knowledge and vocabulary.
Animal Name?
Cloudy Gecko or the scientific name is Mokopirirakau nebulosus and Maori name for it is mokomoko
What is its habitat?
Forest and scrub
What is the term for its offspring?
hatchling
Is it endangered?
No one knows
What does is eat? Carnivore, Herbivore, Omnivore
The Cloudy Gecko is a Carnivore so it eats meat
How big does it Get?
A medium sized gecko, up to 76–80mm
Who are its predators?
Snakes, stoats ferrets, rats, cats and possums
Where does it Live?
The Gecko is restricted to Stewart Island archipelago and outliers,
including some very small, exposed islands.
including some very small, exposed islands.
Interesting facts,
surface olive-grey to dark pinkish-brown (rarely dark olive-green). Eye colour olive-grey iris with an indistinct black edge, which is often absent. Eyes usually large and prominent. Mouth lining bright orange, tongue orange with a dark grey patch.
Scientists don't really know much about the Cloudy Gecko.
The Cloudy Gecko report
The Cloudy Gecko is a Gecko that inhabits New Zealand, but no one properly knows where it lives and if it is endangered. The Gecko is restricted to Stewart Island archipelago and outliers,
including some very small, exposed islands. The Cloudy Gecko lives at an altitude
of sea level to about 500 m. The Cloudy Gecko is Diurnal-nocturnal that means they come out
at night and day.
including some very small, exposed islands. The Cloudy Gecko lives at an altitude
of sea level to about 500 m. The Cloudy Gecko is Diurnal-nocturnal that means they come out
at night and day.
The body colour is olive-grey to dark pinkish-brown (rarely dark olive-green).
The Eye colour is olive-grey, iris with indistinct black edge, which is often absent.
The mouth of the Cloudy Gecko is bright orange, with a huge tongue orange with a
dark grey patch. The Cloudy Gecko’s live in the forest and scrub.
The Eye colour is olive-grey, iris with indistinct black edge, which is often absent.
The mouth of the Cloudy Gecko is bright orange, with a huge tongue orange with a
dark grey patch. The Cloudy Gecko’s live in the forest and scrub.
Poem
Green,
Blue spots,
Wild Cloudy gecko,
Inhabits native New Zealand,
Likes to eat small insects,
Wow! cloudy geckos grows to 76–80mm,
Native Māori name for it is mokomoko,
The scientific name for it is Hoplodactylus nebulosus,
Scientists haven't really looked for the cloudy gecko,
They like to live in stuffy Forest and dirty scrub.
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