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I was hoping that you could help ID this lizard that my fiancee found at work. We both believe it to be a leopard gecko, but having never had a leopard gecko this small, we're unsure. This picture shows my thumb nail next to the little fella'. I'd say the lizard is about 1 1/4" in length and VERY thin. If it is a leopard gecko, what should I be feeding him/her at this age? I'd love to save the little guy as I just lost mine last year and never replaced her.

Its definately not a Leopard Gecko - im not sure what it is...its an arboreal, nocturnal gecko - but i cant tell you exactly which one...hopefully someone else will know. If you dont get the reply you need here, try posting in a different "gecko" forum on here
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What makes you say it's arboreal? The toes look like standard clawed toes. The nocturnal I get. The colors seem uncannily like those of a standard leopard gecko. Only the size seem off to me. I'm no expert though.

Absolutely not a leopard gecko. Kinda looks like a baby Banded.

Where are you from?
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hmm...good point, his toes do have what appear to be nails. The end of the toe seems wider and flattened though, much like an arboreal lizard. What does the underside of the toes look like? Do they have the many little ridges of a "glass climbing" lizard?
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Definitely not a leo. Looks to me to be a med. house gecko.

We live in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA, so I'm sure this isn't a native. It was actually found in the Oxford Valley Mall Journeys (store) bathroom. If it were out in the wide world, we wouldn't have thought to bring it out of its natural habitat. I can only imagine that here with us where we have had numerous reptiles and some experience is a better place than a bathroom floor.

I'm pretty sure you're right about it being an arboreal after having examined it a bit closer. That's good to know, so I can start to take the appropriate steps to get it a proper setup. Thanks!

They are introduced here in Palm Springs as well. I have found hatchlings in the house and fed them flightless fruitflies and pinhead crickets.

It appears to be a house gecko they are wild in Bali. Here is a site to check out. www.wildherps.com/species/H.frenatus.html
It has a picture some and one of them looks just like it but bigger. If you go to google and type in house gecko in the images you will find other sites as well. gl

Looks like a House Gecko. I worked at a pet store that had them running loose in the vents. They were horribly inbred from being up there for years without being caught. I got a hold of one about that size. We tried baby food and a good set up but he only lasted 3 weeks.

Here's a pic of him on my hand.
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Definatelt a house gecko.....looks like a Neotrpical house gecko or maybe a Mediteranean.

Definately arboreal as you can see that its toes are "fanned" outwardincreasing the surface area(and of course they still have claws).

Definately not a leopard gecko-------->leopard geckos have eyelids (dead giveaway among other attributes)

Theya re probably not an introduced species in PA......most likely it came to the area via potted plants raised in FL (eggs could also have been laid in the potted plants)or some other means of cargo transporstion....I highly doubt the gecko would be able to survive the winter in PA.

Good luck keeping it!
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