can anyone tell what this guy/girl is?

[stewieleogecko]

this lil guy/girl was found in our camper when we got back from camping last july 4th. i'm pretty sure he's a gecko, but not sure what exactly.i kept him for about a week, but he was not wanting to eat the tiny crickets or tiny mealworms, so i thought it would be best to release him (which i probably should have done in the first place). the pictures aren't the best, but does anyone have any ideas?

 

[stewieleogecko]

i know the pictures arent the best, but he/she didnt have eyelids, and it was about 2 inches long from head to tail tip. the first picture was the day we found him, and the last picture was when i returned him to the wild. does anyone have any idea? i done some research, and i thought it was a mediterranean gecko, but im not entirely sure. thanks

 

[Alchemy]

Where was it's natural habitat? Where were you camping at that you think it got into the camper? It's kind of hard to tell from the pictures, but maybe a description of it's native environment might help?

 

[stewieleogecko]

it was in the mountains-cherokee n.c.- he/she had claws, very similar to a leo. it was mid 60s to mid 70s most of the time, so i don't believe it needs the hotter temps like a leo does. does that help any?

 

[Scott&Nikki]

I'm not trying to be rude or anything, I am just very against taking wild animals into your home, for the exact reason you are asking questions right now. That lizard was taken out of its natural habitat and is now hoping you can find the right information so it gets "proper" husbandry. But, as we all know, it is impossible to replicate a natural environment exactly.

EDIT: I meant to add more before I posted that. I was going to say that I was glad you released it, because there are plenty of people that would have just kept trying to make it work.

As far as your actual question, I don't know...sorry...

 

[stewieleogecko]

Thanks for everyone's help. Scott&Nikki, i agree with you about taking in a wild animal, but this time i did, and i shouldnt have. i let myself feel sorry for him/her because of being so little, and i took him in, and was hoping to get him/her grown a little, and then releasing him/her. after repeated attempts at feeding, and no luck, i decided its best to let him/her go back to the wild. it wasn't one of my smartest ideas in the first place, but we all make mistakes. i'm not trying to sound rude or hateful in any of this by no means if it comes across that way. thanks again everyone.

 

[moosassah]

Is it possible that it is a tropical house gecko? Hemidactylus mabouia

 

[stewieleogecko]

I think that very well could be it- i done a search on that type of gecko, and the pics i seen looked identical. thanks moosassah!

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

Looks like a Mediterranean House Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus).

 

[stewieleogecko]

That was the other type of gecko i was thinking as well Marcia. I wish i had a better camera before i released him/her. thanks!

 

[Gecko]

It a non native so you probably should feel free to take it.

 

[stewieleogecko]

Well the thing was that for starters, he/she was from the wild, so it was best to leave him/her in the wild, but i didnt, because i seen how tiny he/she was, but when he/she wasn't eating , i knew that he/she needed to be back in the wild, would probably have a better chance. i believe that it may have been native to where i was camping, which wasnt but a few hours away from where i live, and the temperature and humidity differences were very little if any. thanks gecko!

 

[BettaDragon]

That's good it wasn't far from where you lived. I once had anole hitch a ride on my grandma's plant she took back up here from her Florida house. I had to keep it because there was no way it would survive in the wild here.