Columbus brought them over as currency for the Indians.
About 300
Day geckos are native to Madagascar and surrounding inlets. There are many species of day gecko coming from the "phesulma" family of geckos.
No, these geckos are a solitary species.
* Leopard geckos * Crested Geckos * White Lined Geckos (Skunk Geckos) * Fat-Tailed Geckos * House Geckos * Tokay Geckos * Golden Geckos * Madagascar Ground Geckos * Day Geckos
Most species of gecko are nocturnal, however, there are also many species of gecko that are diurnal.
There are dozens of species of gecko that live in deserts around the world and millions of square miles of deserts. Geckos are very secretive animals and most species emerge at night only. It is absolutely impossible to ever take a census of desert geckos.
The number of geckos in the world are not known, but it is safe to assume that there are millions.
Geckos are not a species, they comprise and infraorder of lizards with about 1,500 known species.
No, there is no poisonous gecko species.
As scientists are discovering a new species of gecko almost every year, there are around 1500 different species of geckos.
things like lizard, bearded dragons, and other types of geckos like fat- tailed geckos
It depends what type of geckos you have. You can most likely tell by going on a website that specializes the gecko you want to learn more about. They most likely will tell you which rainforest a gecko lives in. But if you want to learn which rainforest geckos live in, the answer is that all geckos do not live in rainforests. Some live in deserts.
Depending on the gecko species will determine the price of the animal. More common species are usually sold at a lower value such as the: house gecko, turner gecko, golden gecko, tokay gecko, skunk gecko. Other species such as crested geckos, leopard geckos and gargoyle geckos can range from $60 - $500. There are even "sought out" or "desired" species of gecko than can range upwards of $1000-$4000 this could include: Leachianous geckos, Green geckos, Chaoua geckos.