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Mediterranean house gecko, (Hemidactylus turcicus), Chambers County, Texas. The 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]
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.
Hemidactylus turcicus, the Mediterranean house gecko, is frequently found in and around buildings, and is an introduced species in the US. Lepidodactylus lugubris, the mourning gecko, is originally an East Asian and Pacific species; it is equally at home in the wild and residential neighborhoods.
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
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)
Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Hemidactylus yerburyi; Southern ghats slender gecko (Hemiphyllodactylus aurantiacus) Palau slender gecko (Hemiphyllodactylus ganoklonis) Wahlberg's velvet gecko (Homopholis walbergii) Yellow-lined smooth-scaled gecko (Lepidodactylus aureolineatus) Batan scaly-toed gecko (Lepidodactylus balioburius)
Mediterranean house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus LC (Gran Canaria and Tenerife) Superfamily Lacertoidea. Family Lacertidae. Atlantic lizard, Gallotia atlantica LC;
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.