Tropical house gecko

Tropical house gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Hemidactylus
Species:	H. mabouia
Binomial name
Hemidactylus mabouia Moreau de Jonnès, 1818

The Tropical house gecko, Afro-American house gecko or Cosmopolitan house gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia) is a species of house gecko native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is also currently found in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean, where it has been inadvertently introduced by humans.^[1][2]

This species is mainly nocturnal and can attain a maximum length, from snout to vent, of 12.7 cm (5 in). Its diet is varied, and includes animals such as spiders, scorpions, cockroaches, anoles and other geckos with the most important element being Orthoptera species.

The Tropical house gecko can be found predominantly in urban locations.

References

1. ^ Carlos Cesar Martinez Rivera, et al (2003). Caribbean Journal of Science (University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez) 39 (3): 321–326. http://academic.uprm.edu/publications/cjs/Vol39c/39_321-326.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-19. 
2. ^ Anjos, L. A.; Almeida, W. O.; Vasconcellos, A.; Freire, E. M. X.; Rocha, C. F. D. (Aug. 2008). "Pentastomids infecting an invader lizard, Hemidactylus mabouia (Gekkonidae) in northeastern Brazil". Brazilian Journal of Biology (São Carlos) 68 (3): 611–615. doi:10.1590/S1519-69842008000300019. ISSN 1519-6984. 

• "Florida's Exotic Wildlife. Species detail - Tropical house gecko". Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. http://myfwc.com/WILDLIFEHABITATS/Nonnative_TropicalHouseGecko.htm. Retrieved April 3, 2006. 

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