House guest !

[Clifftop]

This little Gheko has taken up residence in the kitchen, they used to be know as house Ghekos as in the old stone houses like this they used to help keep insect pests down

 

 

size is about 1 1/2 long and when startled they straighten all 4 legs and hiss at you

 

they grow to about 4 to 5 inches and are nocturnal, i had to put it in a dish to take the pics because they run pretty fast, it is living behind/under the fridge and i only see it in the morning when i switch on the light

 

Edited June 2, 2006 by Clifftop

[Bobj]

Cute little shi**y buggas, hey?? We have the ghost gecko and the barking gecko.

[Leon Roskilly]

When I lived in Cairns, gekkos could be seen at the top of the walls in most rooms, blending in almost perfectly with the wall, except for the black eyes that were a bit of a give away.

 

Skinks would sunbathe on the posts that held the house above ground, easily caught in the morning before they had heated up enough to dart away, though they did have the habit of dropping of their tails, left wriggling to distract more sinister predators.

 

Once caught,and turned upside down on my hand, gently stroking their belly had them stretched out and immobile, eyes closed, as though in some kind of ecstasy.