Gecko ID

[kirak]

Hi,

What is this gecko? It seems to be some Gekko species, not unlike G. grossmanni to my view..

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[Ingo]

Hi,
.. It seems to be some Gekko species, not unlike G. grossmanni to my view..

Probably because it definitely IS G. grossmanni :coverlaugh:

Ingo

 

[kirak]

Thanks Ingo A very attractive gecko, btw. Is this a fully grown specimen? How large do they grow?

 

[Ingo]

Thats a full grown female of the large morph. These do reach approx 22 cm. Males can reach 26 cm.
Females of the smaller variant stay below 20 cm, males are slighltly larger, up to 22cm.
Both variants also differ in colouration (most prominent: Spotted bellies in the small variant vs uniformly whitish bellies in the large) and pore number.
I have not seen the small morph in the trade since more than 10 years.


Best

Ingo

 

[kirak]

Thanks for the comments! I've also seen few other useful threads at this forum about the species (overlooked those earlier :roll. Should explore the rest of the threads though...

Ingo, check out PM please