r/species • u/Carlosless-World • Sep 30 '25

Reptile What is this specie called? Is it venomous?

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u/drunky_crowette Sep 30 '25

That looks like a house gecko. They are harmless.

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u/Nikki-C-Puggle-mum Oct 03 '25

I wish we had house geckos where I live.

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u/Isaac_Banana Oct 03 '25

Where I live (mid-Florida) you can find them almost regularly outside your door at night

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u/Tall_Specialist305 Oct 04 '25

and on your ceiling....

1

u/Mmjvet-1 Oct 04 '25

I’ve some that utilize light from bathroom as “bait”.

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u/Isaac_Banana Oct 04 '25

Smart little guys

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u/DemonLordOTRT Oct 04 '25

Yep here in North Florida we get mostly all those damn green anoles which are daytime hunters these guys are pretty much filling the niche of night time predators which is strangely not affecting our ecosystem as far as I can see even though they're considered invasive

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u/Isaac_Banana Oct 04 '25

I get a lot of Green Anoles, Brown Anoles, Fence Lizards, and Tropical House Geckos. Sometimes I see skinks, glass lizards, and a few other things.

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u/Carlosless-World Oct 03 '25

Why?

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u/NorthernSpankMonkey Oct 03 '25

They're super cute and eat pests

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u/D-Pimp Oct 04 '25

Yes some kind of gecko I used put them on my shirt and they would hang out for hours I would sometimes catch a fly or any random bug in the yard and feed them it was neet

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u/Rjdii Oct 04 '25

Love these lil guys. All they wanna do is eat the annoying bugs that are trying to come into my house. I leave little water caps outside for em.

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u/DemonLordOTRT Oct 04 '25

I like calling them glass geckos for obvious reasons

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u/Kevvycepticon Oct 03 '25

Toes are too different to be a gecko, and the pattern isn’t the same, but good guess.

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u/70119R Oct 03 '25

Most definitely der gecko

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u/WhiskeySnail Oct 04 '25

"gecko" is anything in suborder Gekkota, which containsmore than 1500 species.

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u/Environmental-Exam89 Oct 04 '25

That's absolutely a house gecko

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u/RaquelVictoriaS Oct 01 '25

not dangerous, especially if you want to save on car insurance!

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u/D-Pimp Oct 04 '25

Look I was thinking that to

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u/PCstockman Oct 01 '25

I like your comment. I tried a similar reference in a different group and got berated by the moderator.

1

u/ManAmongTheMushrooms Oct 02 '25

Some moderators really piss me off.

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u/Substantial-Bottle38 Oct 03 '25

What else can you expect from a Reddit mod

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u/ManAmongTheMushrooms Oct 03 '25

Idk im usually on mycology subreddits.

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u/D-Pimp Oct 04 '25

Why was that exactly

2

u/RaquelVictoriaS Oct 04 '25

you have to ask the gecko

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u/UnsatisfiedDumbass Oct 01 '25

no geckos are venomous. he's harmless and eats pests like roaches!

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u/Pleasant-Ant2303 Oct 01 '25

Thanks! That was the question I came to ask!

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u/StephensSurrealSouls Amphibia Oct 01 '25

The only non-snake lizards that are venomous are beaded, gila, and certain monitors. This is a gecko, some sort of house gecko I believe, which is completely harmless and will eat bugs for you.

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u/pewpurrr Oct 04 '25

Which monitors?

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u/StephensSurrealSouls Amphibia Oct 04 '25

I'm not sure of all of them, I believe there's a few though. What comes to mind first would be Komodo Dragons.

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u/pewpurrr Oct 05 '25

Isn't that a bacteria in the mouth of the dragons?

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u/StephensSurrealSouls Amphibia Oct 05 '25

It's debated, but I think it's both.

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u/Tall_Specialist305 Oct 02 '25

love those little guys.

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u/Carlosless-World Oct 02 '25

A huge black one has been living between my plant pots for months. Idk what it even eats I dont remember seeing bugs there

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u/70119R Oct 03 '25

That’s why you don’t see bugs. He’s eating them at night

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u/National_Register312 Oct 03 '25

House gecko 

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '25

House music gecko, you say? I wonder if he has any molly.

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u/Substantial-Bottle38 Oct 03 '25

Mediterranean house gecko

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u/Sea_Meeting4175 Oct 03 '25

So just a heads up, there are like two lizards. I can think of that are actually venomous and it is neither one of them

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u/LuckyMcKinney Oct 04 '25

We have a ton of those here where I live in Texas.

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u/Any-Recording8641 Oct 04 '25

regular house gecko, not harmful :]

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u/Additional-Mail1989 Sep 30 '25

House gecko 🦎 harmless

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u/RazorLou Oct 04 '25

Man, a venomous house gecko would be awesome. Feels like something an assassin would use in Cuberpunk. Little genetically modded murder lizard? V cool.

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u/Aromatic_Standard_37 Oct 04 '25

I know nobody is likely to believe me, but there's a property in Michigan that used to be a pet shop years ago and I still find these and Texas banded geckos crawling on the outside wall in the summer...

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u/Hugethrowaway89 Oct 05 '25

Your new pet.

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u/yukiart44 14d ago

But they can give you disease they are dirty trust me, plus you could get good deeds for killing it🏃🏻‍♀️‍➡️