Australian Marbled Gecko

Christinus marmoratus also known as marbled gecko or marbled southern gecko is a species of gekkonidae gecko native to southern mainland of australia from victoria to western australia the species is well adapted to a variety of habitats including city dwellings.

Australian marbled gecko.

Photographs distribution map and other information on marbled gecko christinus marmoratus at the australian reptile online database. The barking gecko is dark purple black to purple brown above with small yellow or white spots arranged in bands across the head body and tail. At night they are often seen around external lights where they hunt insects attracted to the light. Marbled geckos are an arboreal species and hides under the bark of trees fallen timber or logs during the day.

There is a dense band of these spots around the neck. The southern marbled gecko is actually common your house may have geckos living under eaves and biulding crevices. We honour and celebrate the spiritual cultural and customary connections of traditional owners to country and the biodiversity that forms part of that. Look for the droppings the dung looks like sparrow droppings black thinner than mouse droppings but capped in a white crystalline excressence in impossible situations like upside down under an eave.

Marbled geckos are actually quite common in some parts of melbourne but people rarely see them because they are nocturnal. The females retain sperm over winter until fertilisation which occurs in the late spring to early summer. Tails take about eight months to regenerate. The marbled gecko has fat reserves in their tail and can be disconnected from their tail when threatened to aid in their escape.

The atlas of living australia acknowledges australia s traditional owners and pays respect to the past and present elders of the nation s aboriginal and torres strait islander communities. The marbled gecko is a small soft bellied lizard up to 150mm long. The tail is fat and broad tapering to a point. Marbled geckos mate in late summer to early autumn.