Do you have house geckos in your country?

[Alexandro]

Is only the first species called salamanquesas or it applies to both species?

Interesting. I would also guess they are absent from the higher altitude areas in Spain where the climate is colder and Drier? Because I read somewhere that geckos can live up to only 1500-1700 meters in elevation. If it is higher than that they don't exist from what I have read. (This is also what I noticed, when I was traveling in Ethiopia, I think I have seen a gecko only once and I believe its because that most country is located in very high altitudes despite being close to the equator).

We call the first species just "salamanquesa", its like the common house gecko in Spain. The second we call "salamanquesa aberroncho" and is a little more rare and makes those weird chirping noises I showed you in the other thread. I find those much cooler though, and have been considering maybe keeping one as a pet next time I find one .

The correlation between their presence and humidity/altitude sounds about right, yes. I'm really into camping and hiking personally and never saw salamanquesas on my travels in say Montardo or Núria (mountains in my area), although cities like Valladolid or Madrid which are very much inland and dry (an old Castilian saying goes like "nueve meses de invierno, tres de infierno", because it is quite miserable and cold in winter and excessively hot in summer ) are ""only"" 600-800m above sea level so geckos can be found. Although, in my experience, only really the Tarentola mauritanica not the Med gecko.

[Zanzibar]

Yes, they are fairly common. We call them Osgas or Lagartixas. There are also other species but they are not commonly found inside domestic houses.



Osga (the ones most commonly found inside domestic houses)



Lagartixa (extremely common, you find them anywhere there is grass and rocks in the nature\gardens)



Salamandra (mostly found in nature\gardens usually when it rained)



Sardão (mostly found in the Iberian Peninsula and Southern France)

Its seems as if the osgas or house geckos are dependent on humans to live as they are often seen in houses while others seem to be in the wild.

I would guess that the geckos/osgas are absent from the higher altitude regions of Portugal where the climates there are colder and drier and less insects?

[Annie999]

In Uruguay we don’t have small geckos.

But we do have one bigger type that lives in the countryside in the wild. They can be like 1m long tail included.

[Zanzibar]

In Uruguay we don’t have small geckos.

But we do have one bigger type that lives in the countryside in the wild. They can be like 1m long tail included.

You don't even have them inside houses or buildings? Is it too cold and temperate for geckos to live there?

[Zanzibar]

Double post

[RMuller]

We have them in Southern California. I seen a few before ,i didn't know what they were called.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_banded_gecko

[Alexandro]

In Uruguay we don’t have small geckos.

But we do have one bigger type that lives in the countryside in the wild. They can be like 1m long tail included.

Bueno, sé que esto está fuera de tema, pero ¿recomendáis Uruguay para los extranjeros? Quiero visitar Sudamérica con mi novia, ya estoy CANSADO de Europa y Asia pero ella siempre esta con el tema de que le da miedo por los asesinatos, secuestros, blahblahblahblah .

Saludos.

[Zanzibar]

We have them in Southern California. I seen a few before ,i didn't know what they were called.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_banded_gecko

Do you mean the Western banded gecko or do you have these ones as well in your houses and buildings?





They are called tropical house geckos and Mediterranean geckos I believe.

Do you also have them in Mexico and are they absented from highlands like Mexico City, Toluca, Zacatecas where the altitude is at least 2000 meters and more from sea level?

[Zanzibar]

Cool, never seen them in my life.

Its too cold and north for them to live in the UK I believe. I been to the USA many times and even studied there in Ohio and I never seen them either.

[Daven]

Just asking. Can they be founded everywhere in Latin America or are they absent from high altitude places like highlands or Patagonia?

I live in an Asian country and you can found them almost everywhere even inside houses.

Yes we have them in my country. They pop up sometimes at night in the wall near the lights. They aren't very very common but I still remember seeing a few in my lifetime there. I always found them creepy because of their transparent and colorless skin.