Finally caught him

[Tsubakai]

on camera at least. Been trying for two and a half years now to get a photo of this little fella that's been living in the garage. Only ever see him late at night when I never have a camera on hand and have probably only seen him a dozen times in total. Its a pretty crappy photo from the iPhone but he's only still for about 30 seconds before he rockets off to hide.

 

[townsvillepython]

wow thats interesting only get the generic pinkie white ones here

 

[Jarden]

wont let me enlarge the photo, What is it?

 

[TURBO8]

looks to be a Northern Velvet Gecko ( oedura castelnaui )

 

[Acrochordus]

Yes its a Oedura castelnaui.
Thanks Tim.

 

[jamesf55]

that sure beats those asian house geckos that seem to have taken over most of QLD's coastal towns.

 

[solar 17]

Clearer pic

l cut and pasted this pic off another site, just so we can see how good-looking these little critters are....cheers solar 17 [Baden]...ps l hope jon boone doesn,t mind as its his great pic...

 

[GeckoJosh]

Hypo melanistic Castelnaui
courtesy of Spongebob

 

[PhilK]

A lot better than those disgusting Asian house geckoes that have over run this country. Or is it just Qld?

 

[GeckoJosh]

AHGs are found in about a dozen pockets in NSW, QLD, NT and WA mostly in coastal towns and nearly always around people.
It has been suggested that they might even need human presence to survive

 

[Kyro]

nice spotting Tsubakai
AHG live near people because of the lights at night that attract insects.

 

[Tsubakai]

It looks a similar to solar17's photo usually unless its close to a shed. There are dozens of AHG's around so I am always glad when I see this little fella. Hopefully I'll get a decent photo of him one day.

 

[GeckoJosh]

As its already been said it is a Qedura castelnaui 100%
The yellow head and black banding are unmistakable

 

[pistachio117]

One of my favourite geckoes! Great find in your garage