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Asian house gecko

Hemidactylus frenatus

Photo by m.prasad.369
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Field Notes

Description:

Observations :
a. Under the mobile yellow flash, it body glows other than the tail. I believe, it lost its tail and grown again. The regrown part may not have the glowing skin chemicals, making it clearly distinguishable from its body.

Species ID Suggestions

Asian house gecko

Hemidactylus frenatus

Comments (2)

Another interesting spotting of non-glowing tail : https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1902721958
Thank you mauna Kunzah! I thought it was different species from H.frenatus. due to it's tiny block spots. :)
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PublishedOctober 10, 2021

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