> From: "Ariana Belcanto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 22:18:26 -0400 > > A few days ago my husband found a tiiiiny (two inches long MAYBE) little > gecko in his office. He managed to catch it and we now have it in a nice > set-up. I originally thought it was a leopard gecko, since it looks just > like one (we have had leos in the past) but it seems much smaller than one, > and a little darker. Someone ventured that it might be a Texas Banded Gecko, > which would make sense since we live in Dallas (although according to what I > have seen these geckos live further west and south than that). I haven't > been able to find a good care sheet on those, since they aren't usually kept > as pets I don't think.
There are at least two non-native geckos that have become established in Texas: the Turkish or Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) and a little middle eastern gecko without a standard common name, Cyrtopodion scaber, formerly Cyrtodactylus scabrum.. If I've got the Latin names wrong, I hope somebody will correct me! If your gecko doesn't have moveable eyelids, it isn't a Texas banded gecko. If it can climb vertical smooth surfaces, like glass, it's probably a Turkish house gecko. Otherwise, it's likely C.scaber. There are probably pictures of these geckos on the GGA website (www.gekota.com). Let us know what you figure out. _______________________________________________ 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
