The last day of the CNC here on Maui and the observation of the day is this Gold Dust Day Gecko (Phelsuma-laticauda> by @morningstaronmaui in Kihei. Native to Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, these introduced geckoes are now a common sight around Maui.
Read more about this species here: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/34050-Phelsuma-laticauda and see Morningstar's observation here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11925372
Aloha-
We are close to wrapping up the 2018 City Nature Challenge here on Maui and still need better identifications of quite a few. If you've been tagged on this post, you are one of the "Top Identifiers" of species on Maui and we'd really love your help with the CNC observations.
There are still quite a few observations that are identified at a very generic level "flowering plants" or that need corroboration on tentative IDs. Please help us get more of the CNC observations up to 'Research Grade.'
PS - Although the observation days are behind us, there it still time (less than 24 hours!) to upload any observations you may have made during April 27-30 that are still sitting on your camera or phone!
Thank you to those of you that have already helped improve the ids on Maui observations and this year's CNC in particular!
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