Reptiles and Frogs
Monitors & Geckos
Sighting 4349981

Christinus marmoratus

1 Southern Marbled Gecko at Cook, ACT

Christinus marmoratus at Cook, ACT - suppressed
Christinus marmoratus at Cook, ACT - suppressed
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Identification history

Christinus marmoratus 10 Oct 2020 DonFletcher
Christinus marmoratus 10 Oct 2020 wombey
Christinus marmoratus 10 Oct 2020 Tapirlord
Unverified 10 Oct 2020 DebLSaunders

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Found this in our camping chair that we took out of our shed. We actually discovered it in a remote camping spot near Mt Hope NSW but believe it traveled with us from Canberra since we hadn't pulled the chair out until we got to that point. Or perhaps it was from the West Wyalong area where we camped the previous night (but we didn't get the chair out at this location). We have caught it in case it was an Asian house gecko and didn't want it to escape (we didn't have any internet to check), but I don't think it is. But it also doesn't seem to be a local stone gecko or marbled gecko from the info I can find. An ID would be greatly appreciated so we know what to do with it.

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Tapirlord wrote:
   10 Oct 2020
This particular gecko has a very dark colouration which masks the patterning on its back, but if you look more closely there is evidence of a marble patterning. Another trait normally possessed by marbled geckoes is a series of reddish-brown patches, found along the tail which this animal has to a degree. The eye colouration appears to be red which is unusual but this could be just the light reflecting off of the red chair. It is an unusually dark specimen but this species' colouration can vary greatly. Please wait for a moderators Identification before releasing the gecko, in case I have got it wrong :).
DebLSaunders wrote:
   10 Oct 2020
Thanks Very much for your quick response @tapirlord! I will wait for confirmation, and it probably doesn't help that the container I have it in is bright orange.
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
   10 Oct 2020
Thanks Tapilord great explanation and thanks John for the ID
DebLSaunders wrote:
   12 Oct 2020
Thanks very much Wombey and Don Fletcher for confirming this sighting :) Happy to have this beautiful creature back in our yard.

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