My hubby found this guy at work outside.We live in Kansas there are no species of geckos here so it has to be an escapee.
He has toe pads like a tokay not like the slender leopard gecko toes.
heres a bad picture.BTW the tip of his tail is missing.
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HELP ID...this gecko is soo tiny.
cee4
Jan 09, 2009 05:28 PM
Replies (5)
Ingo
Jan 11, 2009 03:27 AM
It´s a Hemidactylus turcicus baby and this species is known from Kansas (see J. Kansas Herpetol. 19: 8)
Ingo
cee4
Jan 12, 2009 12:17 PM
Well Im pretty sure he is a mediterranean house gecko.He has the classic brown diamond pattern and the striped tail(whats left of it).
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cee4
Jan 12, 2009 12:20 PM
I would have appreciated a common name.Not all of us are herpatologists here.
Anyway according to everything Ive read they are from the southern states and cant survive the ice and snow here in Kansas.
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bradtort
Jan 12, 2009 03:20 PM
>>I would have appreciated a common name.Not all of us are herpatologists here.
>>Anyway according to everything Ive read they are from the southern states and cant survive the ice and snow here in Kansas.
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And not all common names are universally used.
I remember seeing these geckos living indoors (university gymansium) in central texas where the winters were probably cool enough to kill them off. I think they just found warm spots in heated buildings and lived off of the indoor insects.
Ingo
Jan 13, 2009 11:53 AM
As I quoted above, it is known that this species has established reproducing populations in Kansas.
