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Pachydactylus capensis
Gecko spotted on the porch looking for insects. The body is knobbly, but the tail has scales as seen in the fifth photo. It looks like its toenails are painted!
Spotted on Sep 8, 2012
Submitted on Sep 8, 2012
10 Comments
OK I'll go with Stian's suggestion. Thanks for all the input!
This guy sure looks sad being unidentified.
Very cute!
I think Stian is correct on the ID.
Many geckos upon losing their tail, will often regrow the tail in this odd manor. And occasionally, in some species, the tail grows that way naturally like in the African Fat-Tailed Gecko. (Hemitheconyx caudicinctus.)
The tail serves as a fat reserve. The toes of your gecko have modified toe pads that help this species cling to vertical surfaces.
Giant leopard geckos tend to have these fat tails, but cannot find a match to sandy colour sorry
I see. The gecko in your spotting got a strange tail. Maybe this is a juvenile or a hybrid?
@Stiaan: Look at the following link: http://www.pachydactylus.com/pages/engli...
The tail in these photos are also knobbly, whereas in my photos it shows scales.
The yellow eyelids must for sure be some characteristic, but my reference does not show it.
Great pictures Johan! Maybe this could be - Cape Gecko (Pachydactylus capensis)
Nice spot Johan. Wish I could help with ID but I only have the Guide to East African reptiles and I didn't see any exact matches. I'm thinking it's probably a species of Hemidactylus.