Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Phelsuma-laticauda-Saint-Denis.JPG

Phelsuma laticauda

Original - Gold dust day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda laticauda) is a diurnal subspecies of geckos. It lives in northern Madagascar and on the Comoros. It typically inhabits various kinds of trees, and houses. The Gold dust day gecko feeds on insects, nectar, and occasionally smaller lizards.

Reason

High resolution, sharpness; full body shown; natural habitat.

Articles in which this image appears

Phelsuma laticauda, Phelsuma

Creator

Thierry Caro

• Support as nominator --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 15:28, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
• Comment: On the same article, we also have File:Combat-de-phelsumes-sur-un-bananier.JPG- a high quality shot showing interesting behaviour, already featured on Commons. While the behavior is not explicitly discussed in the article, I feel that may also make a good FPC. J Milburn (talk) 17:50, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Indeed, although the nominated image gives you much higher resolution on the individual. I wish we had more developed articles on intersexual selection or male combat, but we only have aggression and territory (animal), the latter with File:Elephant seals fighting.jpg as an FP. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 18:50, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
• Support The gecko is sharp and well illustrated. IF only the image were a bit cleaner --Muhammad(talk) 03:15, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Support. As I said above, I'm not wild about the composition, but the technical quality and EV are high. J Milburn (talk) 18:35, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
• SupportRyan shell (talk) 02:12, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
• Support: Agreement with nominator; quality full-body illustration of the species. Maedin\^talk 17:27, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Promoted File:Phelsuma-laticauda-Saint-Denis.JPG --Makeemlighter (talk) 04:56, 14 March 2010 (UTC)