House Geckos in Singapore?

Question

Many years ago I lived in Singapore and we had Geckos in the house, Chit Chats they were nicknamed because of the noise they made, anyway, what I would like to know has anyone got any info about them and some pictures as I would like to know more about them as I am not sure of the species.

Answer 1

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http://www.sea-tools.com/weblogs/media/1...

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any look like the one you saw?

Answer 2

Your gecko is probably related to the ones running around my house. I don't have a good website to list but check out the book:

A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand. (New Holland Publishers, 1998)

It lists 23 species and surely the spotted house gecko (Gekko monarchus) is a likely candidate. Plus you'll probably remember some other cool species like the big Tockay forest gecko and some flying ones.

Answer 3

http://www.wildmadagascar.org/wildlife/u...

That site has pictures and information about the uroplatus gecko AKA: "chit chat" gecko

Here are a couple more links with pictures:

http://www.photographersdirect.com/buyer...

Images link: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&cl...

Answer 4

The spiny tailed house gheko looks like the ones we had in our house in Singapore. I loved them. I tried to catch them as a child but if they were caught by the tail they used to shed it. God I miss living in Singapore, my second home. Thanks for this question, brought back happy memories. :)