Gecko ID

[Tleilaxu]

I caught and released this little guy while roach collecting, in Florida.

I thinking it's a house gecko but there are a few different types.


I found several female ones inspecting possible egg laying sites, but I could not get a good photo.

 

[schmiggle]

Tropical house gecko?

 

[The Snark]

Tropical house gecko

Hemidactylus mabouia
We're up to our eyeballs in Hemidactylus frenatus here.
(Is frenatus Latin for poop machine?)

 

[Tleilaxu]

Thanks, I remember visiting the Keys over ten years ago or so and seeing a lot of the parthenogenetic house geckos, it appears that this species is displacing them.

 

[The Snark]

it appears that this species is displacing them.

They are an incredibly competitive animal. It would be interesting to take a fixed environment and introduce several species. The dominant one could change week by week.