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The common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) is a gecko native to South and Southeast Asia as well as Near Oceania. It is also known as the Asian house gecko, Pacific house gecko, wall gecko, house lizard, tiktiki, chipkali [3] or moon lizard. These geckos are nocturnal; hiding during the day and foraging for insects at night.
Despite actually being harmless, the common house gecko or "wood slave" is considered by some in Trinidad and Tobago to be a bad omen, and to have a poisonous touch. This is an old superstition, and in reality the house gecko is not only harmless, but also beneficial due to its hunting prey including mosquitos and cockroaches .
Squamata (/ s k w æ ˈ m eɪ t ə /, Latin squamatus, 'scaly, having scales') is the largest order of reptiles, comprising lizards (including snakes).With over 12,162 species, [3] it is also the second-largest order of extant (living) vertebrates, after the perciform fish.
The Torah states: “The following shall be impure for you among the creeping animals that swarm upon the earth: The weasel, and the mouse, and the dab lizard (tzav) of every variety; and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the skink, and the chameleon” (Leviticus 11:29-30). [20]
The hooded pitohui.The neurotoxin homobatrachotoxin on the birds' skin and feathers causes numbness and tingling on contact.. The following is a list of poisonous animals, which are animals that passively deliver toxins (called poison) to their victims upon contact such as through inhalation, absorption through the skin, or after being ingested.
A common chameleon A Moorish gecko An ocellated lizard An Iberian wall lizard A Montpellier snake A grass snake A Lataste's viper. Suborder: Sauria. Family: Chamaeleonidae. Genus: Chamaeleo. Common chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon; Family: Gekkonidae. Genus: Hemidactylus. Mediterranean house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus; Genus: Tarentola
Tarentola mauritanica, referred to as the common wall gecko or the moorish gecko, is a species of gecko native to the western Mediterranean area of North Africa and Southwestern Europe. It has been introduced to the Portuguese island of Madeira and Spain' s Balearic Islands , and some areas of the Americas , such as Argentina , Uruguay , and ...
Ptenopus garrulus, also known commonly as the common barking gecko and the whistling gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to southern Africa. The species is native to southern Africa.