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Tropical house gecko

Hemidactylus mabouia

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Description:

"Ms. Gertrudes" lives behind my desk. Every night when I turn on the lamp, she comes to eat the small flies that are attracted by the lamp. She is so adapted to my house that she put two eggs inside my laser printer, in the last picture.

Species ID Suggestions

Tropical house gecko

Hemidactylus mabouia

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Comments (6)
rubens.luciano
No Karen, I put them in another place but they just dry.
KarenL
How lovely! And did the eggs she laid in your printer hatch?
rubens.luciano
Thanks Sovernigo for the ID, and for all the comments.
alin
I love the relationship you have built with this gecko. :P At least she gets rid of the flies.

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PublishedFebruary 5, 2012

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