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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 ...
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 .
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
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.
Asian house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) - recorded in Franklin County by PARS [2] Tropical house gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia) - has a handful of singular records in the central and southeastern parts of the state [2] [13] Brown anole (Anolis sagrei) - primarily around urban areas, notably Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Lancaster [14]
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.
Ocellated gecko - introduced; Tarentola annularis - introduced; Flat-tailed house gecko - introduced; Ashy gecko - introduced; Tokay gecko - introduced; Mediterranean house gecko - introduced; Tropical house gecko - introduced; Bibron's thick-toed gecko - introduced; Indo-Pacific gecko - introduced; Yellow-headed gecko - introduced; Madagascan ...
Arabian desert gecko (Bunopus tuberculatus) Rough-tailed gecko (Cyrtopodion scabrum) Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Lebanese thin-toed gecko (Mediodactylus amictopholis) Mediterranean thin-toed gecko (Mediodactylus orientalis) LC; Sinai fan-fingered gecko (Ptyodactylus guttatus) Fan-footed gecko (Ptyodactylus hasselquistii) LC