Gecko from Tanzania

[Lynn Raw]

I think I was probably wrong in my last post. Your description sounds much
more like another diurnal gecko - Lygodactylus luteopicturatus or
Yellow-headed Dwarf Gecko. This occurs in south-eastern Kenya and eastern
Tanzania (including Dar es Salaam).

Lynn Raw

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Börge Pettersson" <Borge.Pettersson at CBM.SLU.SE>
> To: <TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 8:37 AM
> Subject: Gecko from Tanzania
>
>
> Dear all herpetologists,
> There is a gecko which is common in Dar es Salaam and also found in
> Morogoro. It is mainly two-coloured with the rear part including all
> four legs greyish and the front part including the head yellowish
> with dark patterns. I have always thought that it was a Phelsuma but
> I find no similar animal in my Phelsuma books. Can anybody help? I
> have pictures to send for confirmation to anybody interested replying.
> Best wishes
> Börge Pettersson
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