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Hemidactylus turcicus
A small, slightly flattened lizard with conspicuous large bumpy tubercles on the skin. Eyes are large with no lids and vertical pupils. A pale translucent pinkish white color in the light phase (and gray to dark brown in the dark phase) with dark blotching and spotting sometimes forming indistinct bands. The tail is round and ringed with dark and light bands. Juveniles have more prominent tail banding. The toes have broad pads with claws extending beyond them and no webbing.
Native to the Mediterranean area, the Middle East, Somalia, and India. Reported in the United States in 1955 in Brownsville Texas, (and 1910 in the Florida Keys) this gecko has spread rapidly, and is currently found in scattered urban locations in much of the southern part of the U.S.A. including Arizona.
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