Top 15 Weirdest Animals in the World

Leaf-Tailed Gecko

A demon lizard?

Class: Reptiles
Order: Scaled reptiles
Family: Geckos
Habitat: Madagascar; coastal and mountain regions/em>

Leaf-tailed geckos only live in Madagascar and are nocturnal lizards with a flat, leaf-shaped tail. It looks like a rotten leaf, which is part of its camouflage to protect it from owls, rats and snakes.

Leaf-Tailed Gecko - Photo: Ryan M. Bolton/Shutterstock

• Table of Contents:
• 0. Introduction
• 1. Longhorn Cowfish
• 2. Glass Frog
• 3. Sawfish
• 4. Fried Egg Jellyfish
• 5. Streaked Tenrec
• 6. Red-Lipped Batfish
• 7. Saiga
• 8. Spook Fish
• 9. Clearwing Moth
• 10. Musk Deer
• 11. Dugong
• 12. Blue Ocean Slug
• 13. Giant Isopod
• 14. Leafy Seadragon
• 15. Leaf-Tailed Gecko