"Given the Latin name Lepidodactylus buleli, the gecko makes its home near the tops of the trees that line the west coast of Espiritu Santo, one of the larger islands of the Vanuatu archipelago east of Australia, France's National Museum of Natural History said.
A 2006 expedition to Espiritu Santo to study the ecosystems of the forest canopy led to the discovery of the 3-inch-long (8-centimeter-long) gecko. The expedition included climbers who scoured the canopy for plant and animal samples."
French scientists discover new gecko species - Science
One thing that struck me was the part about the power failure causing the loss of 8 eggs. You would think someone hatching out a brand new species would have invested a few hundred dollars for a generator.
