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    Sally Smart is feeding crickets to her ovoviviparous pet, careful not to scare it lest it undergo caudal autotomy once again. Happily, it chirps and even blinks as it runs on tiny claws towards her. What is its most likely scientific name?

    Question #99831. Asked by edmund80. (Sep 30 08 10:17 PM)


    queproblema

    		Mabuya vittata, of the family Scincidae, is a likely candidate.

    This particular skink is born live from an egg that hatches within the mother's body, and is known for shedding its tail when alarmed. A few skinks are vegetarian, but this one, like most, gobble bugs.

    http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Mabuya.html
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skink

    Sep 30 08, 10:49 PM
    edmund80

    		Right suborder (lizards), but this one chirps. If you want to stretch it, one of them even talks.

    Sep 30 08, 11:13 PM
    queproblema

    		Oh, I totally missed that point.

    Don't tell me it's Hemidactylus turcicus, the cute little gecko! You can click on this page to here its chirp.

    http://www.californiaherps.com/lizards/pages/h.turcicus.html

    Sep 30 08, 11:26 PM
    queproblema

    		Rats! I'm multi-tasking here and clicked before including this--Geico's talking gecko.

    http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/adtrack/2006-07-16-geico_x.htm

    Sep 30 08, 11:29 PM
    edmund80

    		Very close.
    This one blinked, suggesting the presence of something the Mediterranean House Gecko lacks.


    Sep 30 08, 11:33 PM
    queproblema

    		I apologize for being so careless yesterday and today.

    OK. How about Eublepharis macularius?

    "The Leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius) is a nocturnal ground-dwelling gecko found in the deserts of Pakistan, Western India, Afghanistan, and parts of Iran. Unlike most geckos it possesses eyelids."

    You know, like, to blink with.

    "The generic name Eublepharis is a combination of the Greek words Eu (true), and blephar (eyelid), as having eyelids is what distinguishes members of this subfamily from other geckos. The specific name, macularius, derives from the Latin word macula meaning 'spot' or 'blemish', referring to the animal's natural spotted markings."

    Only trouble: according to both this site and another I checked, geckos with eyelids are always oviparous.

    "Thirty days later, the female will lay one or two eggs with a leathery shell."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_gecko

    Oct 01 08, 12:06 AM
    edmund80

    		Leopard gecko it is. A picture of one below.
    You are right qp. It seems that this gecko is oviparous. What's more, just like other reptiles, the gender can be determined by the incubation temperature of the eggs before hatching

    http://www.leopardgeckoguide.com/

    http://www.thewatersnake.com/forums/uploads/monthly_08_2007/post-67-1186031184.jpg

    Oct 01 08, 1:58 PM

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