Australian Marbled Gecko

Marbled geckos mate in late summer to early autumn.

Australian marbled gecko.

Finding geckos in melbourne. Tails take about eight months to regenerate. Photographs distribution map and other information on marbled gecko christinus marmoratus at the australian reptile online database. Marbled geckos are an arboreal species and hides under the bark of trees fallen timber or logs during the day.

Marbled geckos are actually quite common in some parts of melbourne but people rarely see them because they are nocturnal. The females retain sperm over winter until fertilisation which occurs in the late spring to early summer. The marbled gecko is a small soft bellied lizard up to 150mm long. 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.

There is a dense band of these spots around the neck. You re most likely to find them between pieces of wood in your garden in your roof or even indoors behind a picture frame. 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. At night they are often seen around external lights where they hunt insects attracted to the light.

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. We honour and celebrate the spiritual cultural and customary connections of traditional owners to country and the biodiversity that forms part of that. The southern marbled gecko is actually common your house may have geckos living under eaves and biulding crevices. The tail is fat and broad tapering to a point.