<<It's quite possible you may have a form of Hemidactylus from East Africa.
Both the East African and Middle-eastern forms have many similarities.>>
No, the animals are from UAE (I keep the same form as Daniel).
<<> Although it is quite possible you may have an undescribed form,
there have literally been several hundred names described under the genus
Hemidactylus in the recent 200 years. If we limit this discussion to
Middle-eastern forms, many of them have been synonmized with H. turcicius,
H. brookii, H. yerburii, H. mercatorius, etc. If you have any of Dr. Arnold
Kluge's species lists you can see the list of names associated with each
species.>>
>From the circumglobal Hemidactylus, over 60% of its species come from the
small countries of Somalia, UAE, Oman, and other adjacent areas. I
presently keep 2 undescribed forms this region and know of others awaiting
description.
<<> As far as I know all forms of arboreal and semi-arboreal
Hemidactylus (and relatives, Bogertia, Cosymbotus, Teratolepis, and
"Dravidogecko") are egg-gluers">>
None of these species you list here are "egg-gluers". They lay calcareous,
nearly spherical, eggs loosely buried in the substrate. The adaptation of
Hemidactylus species in the Arabian area to glue their eggs is probably an
adaptation in response to the inability to bury their eggs in hard packed
alluvial plains, rocky areas, etc. The eggs may also benefit from less
predatory risks when glued on vertical surfaces. Nowhere else in the world
(to my knowledge and experience) do Hemidactylus species glue their eggs.
It is only these few species from the Oman/UAE/Yemen area that do.
I mention this only to keep the facts straight for any person on the list
that might also (by some rare chance) be interested in this species-rich
genus.
Jon
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