As it turns out, the lizard he and his dad, Will Bernstein, found in Chatsworth is actually a Mediterranean House Gecko – the first documented discovery of one in Los Angeles County.

As their name implies, Mediterranean House Geckos are not native to the area. But they have been widely introduced throughout the U.S. (including Hawaii), particularly in the southeast.

The Mediterranean house gecko is an import, probably on cargo ships around World War II. Of course, in the 1950s and ’60s geckos of all sorts were sold as pets.

Formosan termites swarmed on Tuesday evening (May 12) in the New Orleans metropolitan area (and social media was there to capture it), and house geckos living in the spaces between ...

In Texas, the two main species of gecko — the Mediterranean house gecko and common house gecko — can reach lengths of up to five inches and six inches, respectively. Breaking News.

Several species of geckos have been introduced to new areas and have become invasive species, including the Mediterranean house gecko in the United States. Geckos can be found in urban areas and ...

Natural History Museum curator Greg Pauly wants to know what's in your backyard. He's interested in geckos, and your own porch might be the home of a new species.

You can call me: Mediterranean house gecko, or Hemidactylus turcicus. Up-close and personal: I am about 1 to 3 inches long, with large eyes that have no lids and vertical pupils. My coloring can ...

The two were the same species. They are commonly called house geckos, even in their native Mediterranean area, because they live in cracks and crevices of houses and dine on insects.

The Mediterranean house gecko was found by Victoria Naylor when she returned to her home in Altrincham. Ms Naylor spotted something moving in her case the day after her return on August 25, ...

The first time I saw an eastern fence lizard, the lizard had mistaken my little grandson in his dark fleece jacket for a tree! We were walking that day in First Landing State Park. When I looked do… ...