Online fame is putting these endangered geckos at risk | ABC NEWS
Social media is driving demand for New Caledonian geckos.
The French territory is home to more than 60 species found nowhere else in the world.
But these special reptiles are slowly losing their habitats and poaching is putting them further at risk.
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