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A Mediterranean house gecko in ambush on a nest of a sphecid wasp Sceliphron spirifex. Mediterranean house geckos are nocturnal. [21] They emit a distinctive, high-pitched call somewhat like a squeak or the chirp of a bird, possibly expressing a territorial message. Because of this aggressive behavior, juveniles avoid most interaction with ...
Hemidactylus is a genus of the common gecko family, Gekkonidae. [3] [4] It has 195 [5] described species, newfound ones being described every few years.These geckos are found in all the tropical regions of the world, extending into the subtropical parts of Africa and Europe.
Mediterranean thin-toed gecko, Mediodactylus (kotschyi) oertzeni (Dodecanese islands in Greece) [3] Caucasian gecko, Mediodactylus russowii LC (in Europe southern Russia, extirpated) Mediterranean house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus LC (southern Europe) Family: Phyllodactylidae. Gomero wall gecko, Tarentola gomerensis LC
House gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia) Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Moorish gecko (Tarentola mauritanica) Family: Lacertidae Algerian psammodromus (Psammodromus algirus) [3] Andalusian wall lizard (Podarcis vaucheri) Bocage's wall lizard (Podarcis bocagei) [4] Carbonell's wall lizard (Podarcis carbonelli) [5]
Mediterranean chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758) Family: Gekkonidae. Kotschy's gecko, Cyrtopodion kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870) Mediterranean house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758) Family: Lacertidae. Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard, Acanthodactylus schreiberi (Boettger, 1878)
They include the Indo-Pacific gecko, brown anole, Texas horned lizard, and Mediterranean house gecko. [4] Human predation and habitat destruction has placed several reptile species and subspecies at risk of extirpation or extinction.
Avocado, grapes, hummus, cheese—if these are your go-to foods, you’re in luck: They’re all part of the Mediterranean diet, a meal plan that focuses on eating whole grains, veggies, beans ...
A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Hemidactylus brookii, p. 101). Gleadow F (1887). "Description of a new lizard from the Dangs". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 2: 49-51. Gray JE (1845).