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Common house Gecko

Hemidactylus frenatus

Description:

The coloration of the animal is grayish or pinkish brown above. This tint can be uniform in color, or more or less distinctly marbled with darker markings. The head is generally variegated with brown. On the side of the head, a more or less defined brown streak, light-edged above, passes through the eye and in some individuals extends along the side of the body. The lower surfaces of the animal are whitish.

Habitat:

They can be seen climbing walls of houses and other buildings in search of insects attracted to porch lights, hence their name. Spread around the world by ships, these geckos are now common in the southern half of the United States, large parts of tropical and sub-tropical Australia, and many other countries in South and Central America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

Notes:

Find these all around my house on the outside walls.

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Jake Barnes
Spotted by
Jake Barnes

Prairie View, Texas, USA

Spotted on Mar 29, 2012
Submitted on Mar 29, 2012

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