Hi all, I'm in Honduras right now and of course there are geckos around and in the houses here. Most of them are small, about 2-3" SV max, and I've seen several adorable itty bitty juveniles. They are mostly brownish, a few whitish ones, and I'm guessing they are probably some Hemidactylus. They are also quite vocal, and sound a little like the squirrels at home.
Now we've been pondering the function of the vocalizations, the main theory being that it is territorial, though I frequently hear one call that is not within line of sight of another gecko (unless they have much better long distance vision than I thought!), but maybe that's not important. Last night I was watching a pair and a preying mantis hanging out around the porch light, which was swarmed with insects. I never got to see the gex eat, but the mantis was stuffing himself with easy pickings, and I considered that the gex hanging out around house lights are probably quite well fed! I kind of wondered if that gave them more free time for things like mating, and wondered if maybe the frequent calling was related to that. So to make a long-winded question shorter, what do you think? What is the function of most vocalizations (I mean when a gecko is just hanging out, not responding to another gecko--male or female--or being handled, etc.) -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
