East Canary gecko

Tarentola angustimentalis
Thick-toed geckos (Gekkonidae)

East Canary geckoon RikenMon's Nature-Guide

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Small beige gecko with a brown marked back and brown yellow banded tail. The skin seems translucent and pinkish.  A prickly crest on its back. The toes are wide with sucker toes and the pupils are vertical.

Prefers shrubbery but also seen on bricks and walls. Active at twilight living on insects.

⇔ l. 12-16 cm, including the tail.

It can be found in the Canary Islands.

LA: 
≈ De TARENTOLA MAURITANICA (Moorish wall gecko) is darker coloured with a wider, flatter body.

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Moorish wall gecko

East Canary gecko

Oost-Canarische gekko

Kanarische Mauergecko

Tarentola angustimentalis [L.]

Hemidactylus turcicus

Perenquén majorero

Tarentola angustimentalis [L.]

Tarentola angustimentalis [L.]

Tarentola angustimentalis [L.]

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