The tokay gecko feeds on insects, fruit, vegetation and small vertebrates. Females lay clutches of one or two hard-shelled eggs and guard them until they hatch. Tokay geckos are generally aggressive, territorial, and can inflict a strong bite. The species is sexually dimorphic, the males being more brightly colored and slightly larger. The skin is soft to the touch and is generally gray with red speckles, but the animal can change the color of its skin to blend into the environment. It is cylindrical but somewhat flattened in body shape. It is believed to be the third largest species of gecko, after the Giant leaf-tail gecko ( Uroplatus giganteus) and New Caledonian giant gecko ( Rhacodactylus leachianus). The tokay gecko is a large nocturnal gecko, reaching a total length (including tail) of up to 30 cm (12 in). Physical characteristics and behavior įemale tokay gecko, distinguished by its duller colors than the male.

It is currently unclear whether the species is native but very uncommon in Taiwan, or whether the rare reports of individuals since the 1920s are based on repeated anthropogenic translocations that may or may not have resulted in established populations by now. Increasing urbanization is reducing its range.

It is established in Florida in the United States, Martinique, the islands of Belize, and possibly Hawaii. This is an introduced species in some areas outside its native range. Its native habitat is rainforest, where it lives on trees and cliffs, and it also frequently adapts to rural human habitations, roaming walls and ceilings at night in search of insect prey. This species occurs in northeast India, Bhutan, Nepal, and Bangladesh, throughout Southeast Asia, including Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia, and to western New Guinea. azhari ( Mertens, 1955): found only in Bangladesh. gecko ( Linnaeus, 1758): tropical Asia from northeastern India to eastern Indonesia.

4 Conservation and relationship with humans.

3 Physical characteristics and behavior.

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