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New species of leaf-tailed gecko discovered on Scawfell Island in Great Barrier Reef

The Scawfell Island Leaf-tailed Gecko can be as big as 15 centimetres in length. (Supplied: JCU)

Scawfell Island is a mountain protruding from the ocean about 50 kilometres off the Mackay Coast.

Conrad Hoskins went there hoping to make a discovery.

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