I find that gex are truly fascinating with their communication behaviors. Tail motions and body orientations are other methods. One time I had U. lineatus next to U. phantasticus. The U. lineatus were definitely moving their tails while looking at the U. phantasticus. Really cool!
Then there are my favorite noisy maters, Oedura monilis! I truly feel sorry for these females. ;)
Julie Bergman http://www.geckoranch.com GGA lifetime member
J Thompson wrote:
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.)
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