[Sabrina]

We got our Gecko, Goo, second hand from a friend who had to move unexpectedly and were told he's a Marbled Gecko. However after doing some research on them, I'm starting to have some doubts and have become very confused.

I took this first photo to show how big he is and a few others to show his features.



















The reason I'm confused is because when I first got him and started reading up on Marbled Geckos, I was reading about a species called Christinus Marmoratus, which is what I assumed Goo was. When I decided to look more into photos of this species, I realized that Goo doesn't really look a lot like them.

Then I started looking at other Gecko photos to see if I could identify him visually and I came across a species he looks much more similar to called Gecko Grossmanni from Vietnam. I looked at a few pictures and they look much more like Goo than C. Marmoratus in my opinion (for example, his toes don't match up with theirs) so I decided to read up on G. Grossmanni.

Here are some pictures pulled off of Google that are (supposedly) G. Grossmanni. These all look a lot like him to me, then again I am new to Geckos so I could very well be completely wrong! Haha







Now I am even more baffled as I keep finding all of this conflicting information on these two species from different sources, a few saying that they're very different species but others claim they're the same. I know both species are commonly referred to as Marbled Geckos due to their appearance, but are they really just "the same" as people claim?

I am so confused. I just want to do whatever is right for him!

Any input would be appreciated!


Sabrina

[Ingo]

All geckos shown should belong to Gekko canaensis

Best

Ingo

[Sabrina]

Thank you Ingo.

[leopard gecko man]

Originally Posted by Sabrina

We got our Gecko, Goo, second hand from a friend who had to move unexpectedly and were told he's a Marbled Gecko. However after doing some research on them, I'm starting to have some doubts and have become very confused.

I took this first photo to show how big he is and a few others to show his features.



















The reason I'm confused is because when I first got him and started reading up on Marbled Geckos, I was reading about a species called Christinus Marmoratus, which is what I assumed Goo was. When I decided to look more into photos of this species, I realized that Goo doesn't really look a lot like them.

Then I started looking at other Gecko photos to see if I could identify him visually and I came across a species he looks much more similar to called Gecko Grossmanni from Vietnam. I looked at a few pictures and they look much more like Goo than C. Marmoratus in my opinion (for example, his toes don't match up with theirs) so I decided to read up on G. Grossmanni.

Here are some pictures pulled off of Google that are (supposedly) G. Grossmanni. These all look a lot like him to me, then again I am new to Geckos so I could very well be completely wrong! Haha







Now I am even more baffled as I keep finding all of this conflicting information on these two species from different sources, a few saying that they're very different species but others claim they're the same. I know both species are commonly referred to as Marbled Geckos due to their appearance, but are they really just "the same" as people claim?

I am so confused. I just want to do whatever is right for him!

Any input would be appreciated!


Sabrina

it is a malaysian gecko or a tokoy gecko its part of the leopard gecko family but have differ habbitats

[Ingo]

Definitely not a tokay and definitely not from Malaysia.
As I said, its Gekko (cf) canaensis from Vietnam.
Cheers

Ingo