I honestly thought that gecko in the Geico commercials looks mostly like a juvenile chinese water dragon or iguana by its face :)))) Kind of a hybid looking thing!
---------- >From: "Leann Christenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Gecko] TV question >Date: Thu, May 16, 2002, 1:18 PM > > I think it looks most like a Phelsuma seippi. Don't look at McKeown's > photo -- it is too lime green. If you have Faszinierende Taggeckos, pp. > 187, that looks more like the Geicko gecko. > > I just often tell people that it is a combination of several Phelsuma. > > Leann > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gregory Watkins-Colwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 11:05 AM > Subject: [Gecko] TV question > > >> Okay. I'm sure this has been discussed before, but what is the general >> take on the species identification of the Geiko Gecko in those TV >> commercials. I get asked that sometimes. It's obviously Phelsuma... but >> what kind do most folks think it is? >> >> Greg >> ----- >> Gregory J. Watkins-Colwell >> Division of Vertebrate Zoology >> Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History >> 170 Whitney Avenue, P. O. Box 208118 >> New Haven, CT 06520-8118 >> Phone: 203/432-3791 >> FAX: 203/432-9816 >> http://www.peabody.yale.edu >> >> >> > ########################################################################### >> THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV >> WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ >> The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. >> > ########################################################################### >> > >
