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The Web-Footed Gecko The web-footed gecko is native to the Namib Desert, located on the coast of southwest Africa. Living in this location has enabled the gecko to develop many unique physical characteristics that very few, if any, other animals have. The web-footed gecko also has developed a certain way of hunting for food, as well as a way of deterring predators if it feels it may become food. This gecko has also formed breeding …

…of an aquarium fitted with a heat lamp and sand to mimic the desert. The animal serves very little economic importance to humans. The web-footed gecko is a very unique animal with characteristics like no other animal on the planet. From its specialized physical appearance to its physical ability to survive in the harshness of the Namib Desert, it is a five-inch wonder. This gecko is wild lizard that deserves to be confused with nothing.