help found a stowaway what is it ?

[Hollywhyte]

So I live in canada and just bought my chameleon a new plant but as I was cleaning it I found a cute little gecko as I don't know geckos l need help in identifying him

 

[Twitchet]

Hi there, I have one very similar, I could never 100% identify it , I call him LBG little brown gecko and there's lots of ' little brown geckos' like him, I wonder if yours is a Bibrons gecko- looks thinner than Bibrons or a moorish gecko ? Tarentola sp. yours is very similar, nocturnal, I have had mine for two years, never seen more than a tail or if I shine a light at night I might see a glint of his eyes, not what you'd call the most interesting pet lol, he lives free range in my reptile shed and eats up stray insects.
I stand to be corrected, I've asked what mine is and no one really knows.

 

[Hollywhyte]

Hi there, I have one very similar, I could never 100% identify it , I call him LBG little brown gecko and there's lots of ' little brown geckos' like him, I wonder if yours is a Bibrons gecko- looks thinner than Bibrons or a moorish gecko ? Tarentola sp. yours is very similar, nocturnal, I have had mine for two years, never seen more than a tail or if I shine a light at night I might see a glint of his eyes, not what you'd call the most interesting pet lol, he lives free range in my reptile shed and eats up stray insects.
I stand to be corrected, I've asked what mine is and no one really knows.

I think it might be a Madagascar ground gecko (Paroedura pictus) but not 100% other lol

 

[Twitchet]

It's a tricky one, as I say I've asked people and there's lots of suggestions and I'm still none the wiser, your suggestion sounds good though, hopefully there will be someone else to give their view. Good luck.

 

[medgecko]

If it were more translucent and warty, I'd say Mediterranean gecko ... so far my perusal of gecko images has yielded nothing useful.

... so far, Mourning gecko is the closest I've found.

 

[Twitchet]

Just checked the ground gecko, I don't see it having such large toe pads as yours and the markings don't look quite right to be honest, anyway the plot thickens.

 

[Hollywhyte]

If it were more translucent, I'd say Mediterranean gecko ... so far my perusal of gecko images has yielded nothing useful.

Thanks for the help

 

[doto]

Is there any way to source where the plant was imported from which might lead you in the right direction?

 

[Hollywhyte]

Is there any way to source where the plant was imported from which might lead you in the right direction?

Probably not

 

[Hollywhyte]

If it were more translucent and warty, I'd say Mediterranean gecko ... so far my perusal of gecko images has yielded nothing useful.

... so far, Mourning gecko is the closest I've found.

I looked um Mediterranean house gecko baby and found an image that look like him so maybe

 

[Link]

Kind of looks like a marbled ground gecko

 

[medgecko]

I have the med gecko around, and in, my apt so I'm 99.9% sure it is not that. I went back to google for the picture I saw for the Mourning and now I can't find it, but the back pattern and feet/toes looked very similar.

 

[Link]

Hi there, I have one very similar, I could never 100% identify it , I call him LBG little brown gecko and there's lots of ' little brown geckos' like him, I wonder if yours is a Bibrons gecko- looks thinner than Bibrons or a moorish gecko ? Tarentola sp. yours is very similar, nocturnal, I have had mine for two years, never seen more than a tail or if I shine a light at night I might see a glint of his eyes, not what you'd call the most interesting pet lol, he lives free range in my reptile shed and eats up stray insects.
I stand to be corrected, I've asked what mine is and no one really knows.

I also thought it was a bibrons

 

[Link]

Hey if it's a new species you get to name it

 

[Hollywhyte]

Well looks like it will be a mystery found it in am umbrella tree so it's name is penguin

 

[Hollywhyte]

Photo of his belly

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

To cute @Replife might know or @Nursemaia ? See if either might chime in .

 

[Hollywhyte]

Is there any way to source where the plant was imported from which might lead you in the right direction?

Called Canadian tire and they said there plants ship from Florida

 

[cass737]

I know this was mentioned earlier but I am would really lean towards a Mediterranean gecko - the large "bumps" on the sides of him are highly suggestive. Also the fact that these geckos tend to be quite hardy and have recently expanded their territory into the southern US makes sense if the plant came from Florida!

 

[Andee]

The fact that it comes from Florida isn't much help, that place is full of invasive species.