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house gecko

Hemidactylus sp.

Photo by Scott Frazier
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Field Notes

Description:

I am leaning toward the Indo-Pacific house gecko, Hemidactylus garnotii, rather than Hemidactylus frenatus, the Asian house gecko.

Habitat:

Lives in houses and other buildings within a large yard and garden, near a patch of disturbed remnant lowland forest, in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.

Notes:

Geckos recorded at this location so far, include: Hemidactylus frenatus, H. platyurus, H. garnotii (?), Lepidodactylus lugubris and Gekko vittatus.

Reference Links:

Encyclopedia of Life, Indo-Pacific gecko, wildherps.com - Indo-Pacific House Gecko (Hemidactylus garnotii)

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Scott Frazier
Yes it is, as I said (meant) in my description, a melanistic Hemidactylus frenatus (as opposed to another species) :-)
keithp2012
I looked at house gecko images and this individual is very dark, i'd say Melanistic.

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PublishedAugust 27, 2011

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