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Moorish Wall Gecko

Tarentola mauritanica

Description:

Adults can measure up to 15 cm, tail included. Robust body and flat head. Back, legs and tail with prominent conic tubercles. Its regenerated tail is smoother and doesn't have tubercles. Obtuse mouth, big eyes with no eyelids and vertical pupil. Fingers with big lateral growths and adherent division less laminae in the bottom face. Only the third and fourth fingers end in union. Brownish grey or brown coloration with darker or lighter spots. These colours change in intensity according to the light. When they are active by day their colour is darker than during the night. It can be found on many construction sites, ruins, rock fields, tree trunks, etc. WIKIPEDIA

Notes:

As we were walking to the campsite of Tautavel in the south of France I spotted this gecko sitting on the wall of a house just out site of town. Every day from there on I have tried to take its picture. At the last day I was successful.

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Antoine Verfaille
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Antoine Verfaille

Languedoc-Roussillon, Tromelin Island

Spotted on Jun 17, 2010
Submitted on Jan 25, 2012

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