Photographed at Portsdown Road, Singapore.
Photographed at Upper Peirce, Singapore.
Consuming a dragonfly attracted to a room light, Singapore.
Family : GEKKONIDAE
Species : Cosymbotus platyurus
Size (snout to vent) : 6 cm
Size (total length) : 14 cm
References : H1, H2
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One of the commonest house
geckos in Southeast Asia. It is identified by the flat tail, fringed with
loose skin. Colour and markings can vary from plain grey, to an attractive
pattern of dark brown stripes or diamonds along the spine.
Active by day and night,
in urban areas it feeds on small insects attracted to artificial lighting.
It is highly adaptable and also occurs in forested and agricultural areas.
Its call is a muted 'click-click-click'.
This species ranges
throughout Southeast Asia.
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