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house gecko

Hemidactylus frenatus

Description:

This individual is very dark but I'm assuming it's just a melanistic form of the ubiquitous house gecko.

Habitat:

Houses and other buildings, and surroundings.

Notes:

Ubiquitous roommates (human commensal) along with H. platyurus and Gekko vittatus at this location.

No species ID suggestions

2 Comments

S Frazier
S Frazier a year ago

Yes it is, as I said (meant) in my description, a melanistic Hemidactylus frenatus (as opposed to another species) :-)

keithp2012
keithp2012 a year ago

I looked at house gecko images and this individual is very dark, i'd say Melanistic.

Papua, Indonesia

Lat: -2.56, Long: 140.50

Spotted on Aug 25, 2011
Submitted on Aug 27, 2011

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