Albino Mediteranean?

[daveim]

In south texas, even more common than anoles by far is the Mediteranean Gecko. In case you haven't ever seen one, they are a pale, see-through pinkish grey skin coloring with odd, random dark brown patterns in the form of spots and stripes. The younger ones are lighter colored, and the color darkens as they age. They have a series of bumps on their backs that make them feel rough skinned. Anyways, I was out in my backyard and found what i think was an albino. It had the normal body color, but the normally brown highlights were a muted yellow and the head was a muted yellow. COOL! I think that this lizard is not being given the attention and respect that they deserve, and I beleive that they can be bred to as many color morphs as leopard geckos. Actually, they look kind of like leopard geckos, albeit much smaller. I hope anybody who gets this message thinks about getting one of these geckos to breed, and exploit the infinite possibilities of Mediteranean Geckos. Make sure to tel all your fellow herpetoculturists about these lizards, in the hope that there may be an easy to care for, beautiful and dirt cheap lizard one day that the poor people who want a pet lizard can all afford.

 

[Mel&Keith]

Do you have a photo of the unusual looking one you found? We have quite a few pale ones here but I'm not sure if they look like the one you found or not.

 

[hybrid]

Here is some pics on them...Id love to have some of these!

http://herpindiego.com/MediteraneanGecko.html

 

[daveim]

maybe I can get a colony going, and then give some to anybody interested. I don't know anyone selling these geckos captive-bred, so I'm going to have to breed wild ones. My camera is funky, and the little gecko was so skittish, that it was almost impossible to take pics.