Aloha, February 22, 2006 I am a professional archaeologist working and living in Hawai`i. There are geckos living here, plenty of legends of mo`o (the large legendary geckos) that do marvelous things in the histories, but very little information on gecko in archaeological and paleontological contexts in the islands (at least that I am aware of).
My question is this: when did gecko arrive in Hawai`i? Options seem to be: 1) prior to the arrival of any humans; 2) along with the Polynesians when they discovered Hawai`i (perhaps as early as 100 AD); 3) along with the earliest non-Polynesian travelers to the island after it was bumped into by Captain Cook (1778 AD); or during the heavy influx of foreigners to Hawai`i in the middle 1800s or thereafter. More questions: Can someone point me in the direction of a body of documentation on this issue? What are the genus species of the geckos that are common (or uncommon) in Hawai`i? Please keep in mind I know very little about the ways of gecko. I have been drawn to this by my research into the legends of mo`o in Hawai`i. Many thanks, Tom Wolforth _________________________________________________________________ It’s the future of Hotmail: Try Windows Live Mail beta http://www2.imagine-msn.com/minisites/mail/Default.aspx?locale=en-us_______________________________________________ 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
