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These small geckos are non-venomous and not harmful to humans. Most medium-sized to large geckos are docile, but may bite if distressed, which might pierce skin. The common house gecko is a tropical species, and thrives in warm, humid areas where it can crawl around on rotting wood in search of the insects it eats, as well as within urban ...
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 ...
A robust, medium-sized gecko, [6] with a large, triangular head. [5] It has a short, flattened, carrot shaped like tail, that ends in a knob. [6] [7] This tail can be autotomised to distract predators, however unlike other lizards they have only one cleavage point at the base, meaning it must sacrifice its whole tail in the event.
Pachydactylus rangei, the Namib sand gecko [4] or Namib web-footed gecko, is a species of small lizard in the family Gekkonidae.It inhabits the arid areas of Angola, Namibia, and South Africa, and was first described in 1908 by Swedish zoologist Lars Gabriel Andersson, [3] who named it after its finder, German geologist Dr. Paul Range.
Lygodactylus williamsi is a critically endangered species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae.The species is endemic to a small area of Tanzania.Common names include turquoise dwarf gecko, William's dwarf gecko and, in the pet trade, electric blue gecko or electric blue day gecko.
Sphaerodactylus is a genus of geckos from the Americas [2] that are distinguished from other Gekkota by their small size, by their round, rather than vertical, eye pupils, and by each digit terminating in a single, round adhesive pad or scale, from which their name (Sphaero = round, dactylus = finger) is derived.
Hemidactylus quartziticolus, or the quartzite brookiish gecko, is small, reaching less than 3 inches in length. It has a tan-brown body with black or dark brown blotches that appear to form an ...
The dubious dtella, native Australian house gecko, or dubious four-clawed gecko (Gehyra dubia) is a species of gecko in the genus Gehyra, native to Northeastern Australia (Queensland and northern New South Wales as well as islands of the Great Barrier Reef and the Torres Strait). [2]