[3] By day it plasters itself to a small tree trunk and rests head down.

If disturbed it will raise its tail and head, open its mouth and scream.

[2] Habitat destruction and deforestation in Madagascar is the primary threat to this animal's future as well as collection for the pet trade.

[4] The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) lists all of the Uroplatus species on their "Top ten most wanted species list" of animals threatened by illegal wildlife trade, because of it "being captured and sold at alarming rates for the international pet trade".

[4] However, the International Union for Conservation of Nature considers the commercial export as likely sustainable.