




Points of interest: Bulging vertical pupil, toe-pads without claws, darker stripe running across side of head through eye, many large tubercles, anterior side of ear bordering large tubercles, Tail slightly ringed with more large tubercles. Full length: 4 in. SVL: 2 1/2 in.
Out of all the geckos that are known to live in California, I think Moorish wall gecko is the best match. I guess there is a chance that this is a completely different species of gecko I've never heard of too. There is also another species of gecko in the genus Tarentola which is the Ringed wall gecko T. annularis but that species seems to have less large tubercles. How this gecko got there is of course unknown but it is plausible that they were introduced by the same person who introduced the wall lizards (it happens that the two species of lizards ranges overlap in Italy). At the moment it is entered as a Moorish wall gecko in the Herp Database but will be corrected as needed. If this is indeed a Moorish wall gecko then that entry is a county record as well as a new species for the database. Please post your opinion, I hope you guys can help determine what this gecko is.
Thanks, Nicholas.