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Hemidactylus sp.
I am leaning toward the Indo-Pacific house gecko, Hemidactylus garnotii, rather than Hemidactylus frenatus, the Asian house gecko.
Lives in houses and other buildings within a large yard and garden, near a patch of disturbed remnant lowland forest, in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.
Geckos recorded at this location so far, include: Hemidactylus frenatus, H. platyurus, H. garnotii (?), Lepidodactylus lugubris and Gekko vittatus.
Spotted on Aug 25, 2011
Submitted on Aug 27, 2011
2 Comments
Yes it is, as I said (meant) in my description, a melanistic Hemidactylus frenatus (as opposed to another species) :-)
I looked at house gecko images and this individual is very dark, i'd say Melanistic.