[dangibas]

Hi all,

I'm trying to find out what kind of gecko the one photographed here is - unidentified malaysian gecko any ideas?

I caught one more here - identified malaysian gecko but i'm sure this one is a common house gecko.

Thanks for your help!

[PassPort]

Originally Posted by dangibas

Hi all,

I'm trying to find out what kind of gecko the one photographed here is - unidentified malaysian gecko any ideas?

I caught one more here - identified malaysian gecko but i'm sure this one is a common house gecko.

Thanks for your help!

The first one looks like a Hemidactylus frenatus.

[dangibas]

Thanks for your reply. I thought the second one was Hemidactylus frenatus? Any idea about the other one? Its got quite a flat tail and a very webbed appearance to the body - between the toes etc.

[Nicke]

I´d say that the first one looks like a gecko that used to be named Cosymbotus craspedotus or something like that, also referred to as the common Thai housegecko.
Of course that´s just my suggestion but I´m sure someone with more knowledge could confirm it. Anyhow, it´s NOT a H frenatus. I´ve seen to many of those in the Philippines and they all have a rounder tail, not a flattened tail like the one in your pictures.

The second gecko looks like H frenatus to me.

Just my few cents...

Niklas

[dangibas]

Originally Posted by Nicke

I´d say that the first one looks like a gecko that used to be named Cosymbotus craspedotus or something like that, also referred to as the common Thai housegecko.
Of course that´s just my suggestion but I´m sure someone with more knowledge could confirm it. Anyhow, it´s NOT a H frenatus. I´ve seen to many of those in the Philippines and they all have a rounder tail, not a flattened tail like the one in your pictures.

The second gecko looks like H frenatus to me.

Just my few cents...

Niklas

Thanks for your help Niklas,

I checked out the C craspedotus and one site says is renamed to Hemidactylus platyurus... but i still can't find any photos to confirm it. I caught one more of these in my house yesterday so there seems to be a healthy population! I also caught a baby of a different type.. will post the photos soon.

Anyone got pics of Hemidactylus platyurus?

thanks!

[dangibas]

100% sure it is this one - Cosymbotus platyurus

Lizards of Southeast Asia : Flat-tailed Gecko - Cosymbotus platyurus

Cosymbotus platyurus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[hkousoulos]

Originally Posted by dangibas

Thanks for your help Niklas,

I checked out the C craspedotus and one site says is renamed to Hemidactylus platyurus... but i still can't find any photos to confirm it. I caught one more of these in my house yesterday so there seems to be a healthy population! I also caught a baby of a different type.. will post the photos soon.

Anyone got pics of Hemidactylus platyurus?

thanks!

check this...

[dangibas]

Originally Posted by hkousoulos

check this...

Great pictures mate,

Yeah these are a match for sure. Yours looks fatter and more healthy than a wild one though. I'm guessing you feed crickets and not flies? I watch these guys here and the best they get for survival is mosquitos and other small flies. Rarely they can get moths or butterflies and very rarely crickets or ****roaches - but the roaches are too big for even huge geckos and a bit nasty.

About half of the wild ones have parasites too but it doesnt seem to bother them.

How much do this sell for? I get allot of people asking me how to kill them (sad isnt it) I want to tell them to catch them and put them outside.

[hkousoulos]

Originally Posted by dangibas

Great pictures mate,

Yeah these are a match for sure. Yours looks fatter and more healthy than a wild one though. I'm guessing you feed crickets and not flies? I watch these guys here and the best they get for survival is mosquitos and other small flies. Rarely they can get moths or butterflies and very rarely crickets or ****roaches - but the roaches are too big for even huge geckos and a bit nasty.

About half of the wild ones have parasites too but it doesnt seem to bother them.

How much do this sell for? I get allot of people asking me how to kill them (sad isnt it) I want to tell them to catch them and put them outside.

i feed them fruit flyes cause i have them in a vivarium with dendrobates azureus..but yes you can feed them also with small crickets and they love litlle red spiders...here in greece they sell them for only 5euro.you see its a live food for asian snakes...