Australian Marbled Gecko

At night they are often seen around external lights where they hunt insects attracted to the light.

Australian marbled gecko.

The barking gecko is dark purple black to purple brown above with small yellow or white spots arranged in bands across the head body and tail. Finding geckos in melbourne. Marbled geckos are actually quite common in some parts of melbourne but people rarely see them because they are nocturnal. There is a dense band of these spots around the neck.

Marbled geckos are an arboreal species and hides under the bark of trees fallen timber or logs during the day. Look for the droppings the dung looks like sparrow droppings black thinner than mouse droppings but capped in a white crystalline excressence in impossible situations like upside down under an eave. Photographs distribution map and other information on marbled gecko christinus marmoratus at the australian reptile online database. Tails take about eight months to regenerate.

The southern marbled gecko is actually common your house may have geckos living under eaves and biulding crevices. Found in woodpiles under fallen logs or timber in trees and urban areas. The atlas of living australia acknowledges australia s traditional owners and pays respect to the past and present elders of the nation s aboriginal and torres strait islander communities. Christinus marmoratus also known as marbled gecko or marbled southern gecko is a species of gekkonidae gecko native to southern mainland of australia from victoria to western australia the species is well adapted to a variety of habitats including city dwellings.

The females retain sperm over winter until fertilisation which occurs in the late spring to early summer. The marbled gecko has fat reserves in their tail and can be disconnected from their tail when threatened to aid in their escape. The marbled gecko is a small soft bellied lizard up to 150mm long. You re most likely to find them between pieces of wood in your garden in your roof or even indoors behind a picture frame.