Variations: Famocantraton (Dapper)
The Famocantratra (as Flacourt describes it) or Famocantraton (in Dapper and subsequent works) is a small lizardlike animal found in Madagascar. Its name means “leaper at the chest”.
The famocantratra’s back, chin, and top of its neck, legs, and tail are made of small paws or claws which allow it to adhere to trees like glue. It is almost impossible to see as it sticks to trunks. Its mouth is always open to capture insects and other small invertebrates.
It will leap onto the chest of anyone who passes by, and it holds on so fast that the skin has to be sliced off with a razor. For this reason it is feared and avoided by the natives of Madagascar.
References
Dapper, O. (1686) Description de l’Afrique. Wolfgang, Waesberge, Boom, & van Someren, Amsterdam.
de Flacourt, E. (1661) Histoire de la Grande Isle Madagascar. Francois Clouzier, Paris.
A Book of Creatures 
why not try make it let go by cutting of air like drowning it or slicing it off
slicing your own skin off seems a bit extreme
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You never can tell with magical beasts
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My guess would be that trying to harm the creature just aggravates and makes it stick harder (and potentially cause more damage) like pulling at a stingray barb or a porcupine quill
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Cause when you do that it bleeds acid… 😉
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What if I use the hammer on him?
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It’ll hurt
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Or you could accept that you now have a permanent gecko friend on your chest, I guess?
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Isn’t this guy basically a leaf-tailed gecko?
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Yup. I’m torn between outright stating it and leaving it for the reader to deduce.
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