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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.

Reference Links:

Common house gecko - Wikipedia

Species ID Suggestions

Asian house gecko

Hemidactylus frenatus

Reference Link
mauna Kunzah
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Comments (2)
m.prasad.369
Another interesting spotting of non-glowing tail : https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1902721958
m.prasad.369
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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