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common gecko

Hemidactylus frenatus

Photo by Nacho Garcia
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Description:

The tail is slightly longer than the length snout cloaca. The pupil is vertically elliptical and has serrated edges. The head, neck and body are covered by small granular scales , a row of small tubers differentiated granular flakes are present in the dorsolateral region. The eardrum is tiny. The ventral scales are smooth , overlapping and much larger than granular dorsal scales . They have a row of enlarged scales medial subvolumes . The lateral and dorsal tail surface is covered with small and small flat flakes enlarged interrupted by whorls . The dorsal and ventral coloration is yellowish white (Gutiérrez , 2001).

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