Help me identify my rescue!

[darboiii]

I had rescued this little guy off Craigslist a few weeks ago. Poor thing was stuck in a 10 gallon tank with a basking rock and fake plant and nothing but carpet on the floor. I was originally told he was a "Fan-Footed Gecko" but when I picked him up he looked nothing like the photos online! I've been digging around and can't seem to find anything that resembles him so I've simply keep him in a tall terrarium with more than what he had before and is fed a healthy amount of crickets but he doesn't have interest in mealworms it seems. I'd love to find out what he is so I can properly care for him. I've been leaning towards House Gecko but he seems so much 'thicker' and wider than one.
Thanks in advance !!

 

[acpart]

I would think house gecko as well (the picture is hard to see). House geckos are genus Hemidactylus and there are a lot of geckos in that genus. Here's an article about the genus and you'll see from the pictures that there is a wide variety:

Three to Get Ready: Hemidactylus - Gecko Time - Gecko Time

Aliza

 

[Hilde]

Without seeing the whole body, it could be hard to ID the gecko. It almost looks like Chondrodactylus turneri, Turner's gecko.
Google the name and check the pictures. There's a lot of variation in colour (brown, brownish, bordering on black), so you might have to look at a few pictures to see if they match up.
There's also a good description in the care sheet here: http://www.geckosunlimited.com/comm...eckos-care-sheet-chondrodactylus-turneri.html

Another similar looking species is Pachydactylus bibronii, common name Bibron gecko.

 

[Seth9999]

 

[darboiii]

Thanks everyone! It's hard getting a clear photo of him since he's so shy but I got a picture of his hind end last night.
Only thing is, he seems to be just a solid dark grey other than the white specs on his body..

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

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[Gekkotan]

To me it seems to belongs to genus Tarentola...

 

[Seth9999]

 

[Gekkotan]

Regarding color it looks like C. turneri indeed, but in my opinion, although never seen any of these personaly, darboiii's gecko has a more acute head and you can see a large nail in the hindfoot. I know C. turneri only in pictures as I said, but I believe this can not be seen in them.

 

[Jace73]

His eye, texture, head, foot, remind me of a Tokay gecko, obviously the color is wrong, maybe it's that color because of conditions?

 

[Jace73]

Or Tarentola mauritanica? crocodile gecko, although the color still doesnt seem right...