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Mediterranean house gecko, (Hemidactylus turcicus), Chambers County, TexasThe Mediterranean gecko is a very small lizard generally measuring 10–13 cm (4–5 inches) in length, with sticky toe pads, vertical pupils, and large eyes that lack eyelids. [5]
The Mediterranean thin-toed gecko (Mediodactylus danilewskii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. It is found in Bulgaria , Ukraine , Turkey , and Greece . [ 1 ] Isolated populations were also spotted in Bucharest . [ 2 ]
Mediterranean thin-toed gecko, Mediodactylus danilewskii (Strauch, 1887) Asia Minor thin-toed gecko, Mediodactylus heterocercus (Blanford, 1874) Iraqi gecko, Mediodactylus heteropholis Minton, Anderson, & Anderson, 1970; Ilamian keel-scaled gecko, Mediodactylus ilamensis (Fathinia, Karamiani, Darvishnia, Heidari & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2011)
Gecko toes seem to be double-jointed, but this is a misnomer, and is properly called digital hyperextension. [31] Gecko toes can hyperextend in the opposite direction from human fingers and toes. This allows them to overcome the van der Waals force by peeling their toes off surfaces from the tips inward.
Kotschy's gecko is mainly nocturnal but at cooler times of year it is often active in the day as well, especially early and late. It climbs very well despite having no adhesive pads, but spends less time on cliffs and climbs less high than the wall lizards (Podarcis) spp., with which it is often found. [3]
Mediodactylus russowii, also known commonly as the grey thin-toed gecko, Russow's bent-toed gecko, and the Transcaspian bent-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Asia .
The Phyllodactylidae are a family of geckos consisting of 163 species in 10 genera, [1] distributed throughout the New World, North Africa, Europe and the Middle East. The family was first delineated based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2008, and all members possess a unique single codon deletion in the phosducin (PDC) gene. [2]
Roze's gecko (Gonatodes rozei), also known commonly as limpiacasa (meaning "house cleaner" in Spanish), is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae.