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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 ...
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
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.
Rhacodactylus ciliatus (now assigned to the genus Correlophus), the crested gecko, was believed extinct until rediscovered in 1994, and is gaining popularity as a pet. Rhacodactylus leachianus , the New Caledonian giant gecko, was first described by Cuvier in 1829; it is the largest living species of gecko.
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 house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus (I) American wall gecko, Tarentola americana; Tuberculate gecko, Tarentola crombiei; Reyes' Caribbean gecko, Aristelliger reyesi; Ashy gecko, Sphaerodactylus elegans; Baracoan eyespot sphaero, Sphaerodactylus celicara; Black-spotted least gecko, Sphaerodactylus nigropunctatus
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.
Two species of gecko can be found on Menorca, the Moorish (Tarentola mauritanica) and the Turkish (Hemidactylus turcicus) also called the Mediterranean house gecko. Four species of snake occur: the viperine snake ( Natrix maura ), grass snake , false smooth snake ( Macroprotodon cucullatus ) and the ladder snake ( Rhinechis scalaris ).