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This evening I was leaving a friend's home in Tyler, Tx (inside the city limits) when I caught a gecko on his porch. Tyler is located in North East Texas half way between Dallas and Shreveport and just south of I-20. I have been catching herps here for years. I am pretty familiar with most of my local snakes but my lizard identification skills are very weak. How weak? I had no clue we HAD geckos.
So far I can find almost no info or PICTURES of my local geckos. I see that there are a couple native species and several introduced species but that info varied greatly site to site. It sounds like the banded gecko and the reticulated gecko are the only native species. This does not appear to be a banded gecko as its the ONLY species with any pictures I can find.
I would appreciate some help finding reference pictures and description about what this could be this far north and east in Texas.

I will get some pics on tomorrow morning as soon as the sun will let me.

I appreciate all the help.

-Michael-

Here's some pics:

any idea what species this is?

>>I would appreciate some help finding reference pictures and description about what this could be this far north and east in Texas.

My Med Gecko Page depicts a San Antonio individual; they're widespread and their range is increasing. Though not shown on my range map, they're also found in much of the Southwest to California, and there are populations in Oklahoma City and other further-north metropolitan areas.

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Chris McMartin
www.mcmartinville.com
I'm Not a Herpetologist, but I Play One on the Internet

Much thanks, chris.

The world of herps is so diverse that its hard to learn about species until you interact with them. You ALWAYS miss something.

Now I'll ask what you ppl think about the ethics of re-releasing introduced species. (which is what I intend to do with this animal)

Michael