Turkish House Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus turcicus)

Created: June 25th, 2010 - 12:51 AM
Last Modified: January 13th, 2011 - 02:02 AM Entered by: Jonathan Hakim
Record 48718

Country: United States		State: California	County: Riverside County	Time: 2010-06-24 05:00:00
Qty: 1	Age: Yearling	Sex: --	Method: Rock flipping	Habitat: Residential neighborhood
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Clear		Moon Phase: Waning Crescent	Elevation: 436.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

Expected to see geckos on wall at night, but none were out at all. Instead, I started to flip rocks to see if they were there. Six geckos were flipped in a one-block area. I do not know how far these geckos range into the city.

This record is for the very small juvi in the picture.

Vouchers

Specimen deposited at Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County