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Texas Banded Gecko vs. Mediterranean Gecko

Both are small night geckos of southern New Mexico and Texas; house geckos come to walls and lights in towns (records share many squares). A: Movable eyelids: it blinks in the Texas Banded Gecko; no eyelids: it never blinks in the Mediterranean House Gecko. B: Slim toes with no pads in the Texas Banded Gecko; wide flat toe pads in the Mediterranean House Gecko. C: Soft and smooth, with dark blotches in the Texas Banded Gecko; warty: rows of raised bumps in the Mediterranean House Gecko.

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Texas Banded Gecko

Coleonyx brevis

Mediterranean Gecko

Hemidactylus turcicus
Texas Banded Gecko vs. Mediterranean House Gecko: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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