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Gekko vittatus
A large specimen (14cm long, sans full tail) of an adult lined gecko with a newly regenerating tail.
In a house situated near other houses but within a large yard and garden, and near a patch of disturbed remnant lowland forest.
Shares the premises with the common house geckos, Hemidactylus frenatus and flat-tailed house geckos, H. platyurus. Gekko vittatus is however the shyest of the three species of human commensals (pers obs). For a view of a small juvenile of a lined gecko (from another Papua location) see this spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/800...
Spotted on Dec 13, 2011
Submitted on Dec 13, 2011
2 Comments
Well I wish! But I enjoy having them -- the geckos -- around ;-)
You were right Scott... he's pretty large! All these geckos must keep your house pretty much insect-free?