Bronx Zoo - Unsigned Gecko

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  ThylacineAlive

• 11 May 2022

Mourning Gecko, Lepidodactylus lugubris. They seem to have a population living wild in the reptile house. I've spotted them a few times in different habitats over the years.

~Thylo

 

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  nczoofan

• 11 May 2022

@ThylacineAlive Interesting. I imagine there is occasional predation but they likely clean up the escaped insects pretty well.

 

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  Coelacanth18

• 12 May 2022

@ThylacineAlive The same gecko species that also lives unsigned at National Aquarium?

 

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  ThylacineAlive

• 12 May 2022

@Coelacanth18 Yes, the difference is those geckos are confined to a single terrarium there

~Thylo

 

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  birdsandbats

• 12 May 2022

I'd image this species doesn't intentionally inhabit Bronx, and therefore are essentially an introduced wild species rather than zoo animals - like the iguanas at ASDM.

 

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  Swampy

• 7 Jun 2022

this is actually a Hemidactylus species- head shape and foot structure don't match Lepidodactylus. My best guess would be flat-tailed house gecko (Hemidactylus platyurus)

 

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  ThylacineAlive

• 21 Jun 2022

@Swampy Very interesting, thanks for the correction!