Gecko ID

[Kitah]

sorry, another ID needed please! this time for a gecko.. we always get the typical geckos, asian house geckos i think, all around the house, but tonight I saw this other type, is it a velvet, or am I completly crazy? my parents said theyve seen a few lately. we had never seen these before...

 

[boigasam]

I'm no expert but at a guess the main one pictured may be a Robust velvet gecko oedura robusta
and the other pictured a gehyra dubia.

pls someone correct me if I am wrong!

 

[Kitah]

is gehyra dubia a native species? I thought they were an introduced, 'pest' species... if not, thats awesome! theyre absolutely everywhere, and also up at townsville, in the university college

 

[boigasam]

yeah they are. Where were these pics taken, Townsville?

The Asian House Gecko hemidactylus frenatus is the introduced one.

 

[Kitah]

These pictures were actually at home.. southside brisbane. Im only up at townsville for university

 

[boigasam]

ahh ok, that makes more sense....I'm editing my post...see above!

 

[cris]

Looks like a velvet gecko and a AHG to me(could be G.dubia though).

 

[albino]

male Oedura robusta, species is abundant in woodland areas in your locality

 

[jordo]

The easiest way to distinguish an AHG from a gehyra is that AHGs will have a fifth claw which is absent in the gehyra genus (which have 5 toes with one lacking a claw).

 

[Joshua VW]

It's a Robust Velvet Gecko, I see a few around here.

 

[salebrosus]

is gehyra dubia a native species? I thought they were an introduced, 'pest' species... if not, thats awesome! theyre absolutely everywhere, and also up at townsville, in the university college

Geyra Dubia definately native. They are cute little animals.

Simone.

 

[Kitah]

awesome, thanks a bunch guys!