Unexpected Guest at my Desk

[ubhuti]

 

[dondeb562]

aww what a cute little gecko. Must know the food is in the house! lol!

 

[Brad Ramsey]

I wish I had some of those in the basement!
The cats are losing their touch (or getting bored) and are becoming worse and worse at cricket patrol.

-Brad

 

[Pure]

I used to have these all over my old apartment in another part of town. Not sure of the species.We just call them house geckos.

 

[Vampire.queen]

A very nice gecko your visitor is Did you give him a cricket?

 

[Chamgirl]

I think you have a small Bibron gecko. My brother used to keep these as pets.

 

[ubhuti]

I currently don't have any crickets to feed the little guy I just moved and need to get everything in order before I put my cage together for a future chameleon.

These geckos are all over my complex down here in Plantation. I wonder if you could feed them to chameleons?

The other day I saw a lizard in the parking lot that I hadn't seen in FL before. I will try and spot him again to get pics as I had no idea what species he was. And no, he wasn't an iguana as we have tons of them down here.

 

[dragongoddess]

Cool, I wish I lived in Florida sometimes. Sometimes desert animals just don't seem that cool.

 

[Dave Weldon]

Howdy,

A closer guess would be a Mediterranean House Gecko. There are something like 80 species of Hemidactylus of which many seem to get lumped under the "House Gecko" title.

The unwary finder of one may discover that these are "gateway lizards" and will lead you down the path, ever-more deeper into the reptile jungle . I know, it happen to me . Many years ago, it was a neighbor's phone call to come over and look at what was running around on his carpet. Little did I know that in giving her a home, it would eventually lead me to chameleons . She laid many pairs of eggs with almost all of them hatching and reaching adulthood. The addiction set-in and it was up the food chain for me. She did so well over a couple of years that I finally let her go in the "jungle" behind the local reptile store to feast on all of the lost crickets.

Next came adopting Leopard Geckos once the other neighbor's heard that I was an "easy touch":

Next came adoptions/rescues/purchases of various chameleon species and the rest is history ...

 

[Chris Anderson]

There are 4 species of Hemidactylus introduced to FL according the the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/Nonnative_Reptiles_index.htm). Of those, H. mabouia and H. frenatus are both listed as occurring in Broward County. Mediterranean's (H. turcicus) are in Florida but surprisingly not listed in Broward County (which may or may not mean much). My guess would be that its a Common House Gecko (H. frenatus) but as babies they can be difficult to ID.

Chris

 

[AJA]

She's adorable. All I get are an occasional jumping spider acrossed my desk.
Moving to FL sounds more and more tempting....

 

[ubhuti]

Here is an adult sized one Chris:

 

[jake01]

I get those outside all the time in my backyard, especially when it's getting dark.

 

[Jerm]

I hatched a couple of little house geckos earlier this year. I found the eggs on my back porch. I think these were a little different though, they were identified as Hemidactylus garnotti, or an Indo-Pacific gecko. Here are a couple of pics:

 

[Syn]

A closer guess would be a Mediterranean House Gecko.

That would be my guess, too. Once older they bear a slight resemblance from Tokays, most likely due to them being somewhat close together in their natural habitats.

Cool, I wish I lived in Florida sometimes. Sometimes desert animals just don't seem that cool.

Arizona IS a desert, we get these in some areas during the cooler months.