Southern Marbled Gecko at Curtin, ACT
Identification history
| Christinus marmoratus | 7 Feb 2023 | wombey | ||
| Christinus marmoratus | 7 Feb 2023 | Bunyip | ||
| Diplodactylus vittatus | 6 Feb 2023 | Bunyip |
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User's notes
I hope this is not an Asian House Gecko. But, never seen Geckos in suburban Curtin before. Lousy photo only of underside but rapidly ran off into camellias. Have lots of skinks and a blue tongue but this is new.
5 comments
wombey
wrote:
7 Feb 2023
It's probably a Marble Gecko, Christinus marmoratus, the common species found all over Canberra, but you will need to download an image for CNM to verify
DonFletcher
wrote:
7 Feb 2023
Bunyip, Hmmm, there may be some crossed wires here. No photo of your gecko has been uploaded. If you do have a photo, please try again. If you are reporting the sighting without a photo, please clarify that is the case. cheers
Bunyip
wrote:
7 Feb 2023
Uploaded now. I thought I had uploaded poor photo through a window and flyscreen. Seems not. Couldn’t get photo accepted through website or app on iOS16.3. Seems ok on MacOS Ventura.
wombey
wrote:
7 Feb 2023
Just FYI Diplodactylus vittatus is a ground gecko and would never be found climbing a house wall. Asian House Geckos have not been recorded here in the ACT, yet! Probably a tad cold for them to survive our winters, but they are creeping south!
Location information
- Places Curtin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- Bunyip Recorded by
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Collections
Bunyip Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Christinus marmoratus Monitors & Geckos Reptiles and Frogs
Additional information
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Christinus marmoratus Scientific name
- Southern Marbled Gecko Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 824m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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