African house gecko
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African house gecko ( Hemidactylus brookii ) |
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The African house gecko ( Hemidactylus brookii ) is a small, only twelve centimeter long lizard that is common as a cultural successor in tropical Africa, India, southern China and parts of Indonesia and East Timor. They are often found on house walls. Otherwise, the African house gecko lives on walls, in stone piles and tree trunks, even under protruding tree bark. The African house gecko can be found in tropical forests as well as in arid and semi-arid areas.
The animals have a yellowish-brown, irregularly dark spotted upper side. There are rows of 6 to 8 hump-like scales on the top of the flat tail. There are dark stripes over the eyes and lips.
Reproduction
African house geckos only lay one or two eggs at a time. The young hatch after about six weeks at a temperature of 28 ° C.
literature
- Manfred Rogner : Lizards. Volume 1: geckos, pinnipeds, agamas, chameleons and iguanas. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-8001-7248-8 .
