The things you find in your bathroom when you live in the tropics.
So tiny and so cute, this very small Mourning Gecko, Lepidodactylus lugubris we found stuck to the wall in the bathroom.
This species of gecko is also called the Common Smooth Scaled Gecko. It is a creamy colour with darker brown zigzag pattern overlaid. The underside is beige and sometimes speckled. It is a smaller gecko, and grows to only about 3 inches in length. The skin on its back is smooth, and lacks tubercles, or spiny scales found on some other species. It has a dark line between the eyes and down to the neck.
These little guys are found throughout the Hawaiian Islands, and the rest of the Pacific, including New Zealand and Australia,; as well as in South and Central America. It was the most prominent species of gecko in the Hawaiian Islands before the introduction of the Common House Gecko around the time of World War II. Since the competition from the more aggressive House Gecko, the populations of Mourning Geckos and other older Hawaiian species have unfortunately been declining.
No matter the size, big or small nature is just incredible!
Scott
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