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Posted: 12/12/2010 9:54:33 PM EDT
Anyone have, or for that matter, ever seen a tokay gecko before? In their native Philippines, they're known as tuko.
They originate from all around Southeast Asia, and have been introduced into FL, TX and are considered invasive pests here. Over there, they have a fairly good reputation as pest control and most people like them, although they keep their distance from these fascinating animals. My cousin just got two of them. They are able to climb just about anything, even glass. They can also walk on ceilings. Tukos can run amazingly fast and are also adept swimmers. Somewhat amusingly, they are vicious, angry little lizards, reminiscent of a cross between a snake and an alligator. They eat insects and small animals such as mice. Tukos bark when you startle them, and they will attack you. They don't really have teeth, so they can't do a lot of damage but they can draw blood, and they do not like to let go of you. 
On to the pictures: This one we believe is a male, still in the box from the pet store: 
A close up view: 
Hiding (with bonus optical illusion!) 
Threat display: 
We believe this one is female, as it's a little smaller and a bit more friendly: 
Together: 
Detail of the female's foot: 
Big smile: 
You can get an idea of their size (still juvenile) from this pic: 
Here's a good threat display from the male: 
They are a bit high strung when you first pick them up, but after a while they relax 
That's all for now. I hope you enjoy the pictures and information about these interesting little critters! |
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Posted: 12/12/2010 9:57:10 PM EDT
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it hurts when they latch onto your pinky
my leopard and fat-tail geckos were so much friendlier 
pics were taken in the late 80's and scanned |
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Posted: 12/12/2010 9:59:18 PM EDT
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Quoted: it hurts when they latch onto your pinky my leopard and fat-tail geckos were so much friendlier This. Mean little bastards. |
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:01:48 PM EDT
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]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/zack3gpics/tokay/10527940.jpg[/IMG] much potential here |
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:02:01 PM EDT
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Awesome, they look pretty damn cool. I wonder how they'd do against fire ants...hmm...
Those were some good quality pictures btw, no bullshit. |
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:02:09 PM EDT
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I'm a Crested fan myself:
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:03:22 PM EDT
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Impressive. I see a lot of geckos in HK but I've never seen any that colorful or that large. Usually they are kind of dull, pale brown color and about half the size of those guys, and they are pretty passive.
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:06:44 PM EDT
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Awesome, they look pretty damn cool. I wonder how they'd do against fire ants...hmm... Those were some good quality pictures btw, no bullshit. Thanks! Camera used was a Nikon D90, lens for most of these was a 50mm F/1.8 on a 2x teleconverter. A 18-105 kit lens may have been used for some of these. Lighting was provided by a SB600 flash off camera, bounced and diffused off of various surfaces for effect. Check the exif for more information. |
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:09:05 PM EDT
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Great pics; reptiles are cool.
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:12:27 PM EDT
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I had 2 tokays for years, one died, then a month later the other.
I would always feed my tokay anoles. |
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:12:31 PM EDT
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I had a pair years ago, neat little guys.
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:12:35 PM EDT
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much potential here OMG it spins! |
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:12:59 PM EDT
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Had one years ago was the meanest thing I ever owned, ended up giving him away, although I had considered feeding him to my nile monitor
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:13:15 PM EDT
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Great pics and nice animals. Tokay's can sure bite!
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:14:18 PM EDT
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Yeah I had one about 10 years ago
he was sooo sweet and gentle he always reminded me of a houge grip wasn't aware there was enough of um anywhere to be considered a problem |
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:14:26 PM EDT
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did they save you 15% on your car insurance?
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:16:49 PM EDT
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Yeah I had one about 10 years ago he was sooo sweet and gentle Demonic would be a better description, at least for these two. Fuckers seriously try to kill you
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:17:53 PM EDT
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did they save you 15% on your car insurance? Madagascar Day Gecko 
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:18:05 PM EDT
[#18]
Great pics.
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:22:49 PM EDT
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Quoted: I had never heard of them before Quoted: Yeah I had one about 10 years ago he was sooo sweet and gentle Demonic would be a better description, at least for these two. Fuckers seriously try to kill you had a fair amount of lizards at the time including a couple day and leopard geckos plus 2 Iguanas , some anoles, a chameleon saw this huge cool looking gecko on sale for only $8 I was WOW I gotta get that the pet shop guy came over with welding gloves on and the fucker started growling when he opened the cage  my lace monitor I had was friendlier |
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:25:51 PM EDT
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I had never heard of them before
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Yeah I had one about 10 years ago he was sooo sweet and gentle Demonic would be a better description, at least for these two. Fuckers seriously try to kill you had a fair amount of lizards at the time including a couple day and leopard geckos plus 2 Iguanas , some anoles, a chameleon saw this huge cool looking gecko on sale for only $8 I was WOW I gotta get that the pet shop guy came over with welding gloves on and the fucker started growling when he opened the cage
my lace monitor I had was friendlier  
That sounds more like tukos. They are awesome, but damn they are mean. |
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:27:23 PM EDT
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I have to admit getting bit by a Savannah monitor was more painful.
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:30:41 PM EDT
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Quoted: did they save you 15% on your car insurance? Methinks he'll try to sell you insurance in Tagalog and not a cute Aussie accent. |
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:33:57 PM EDT
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did they save you 15% on your car insurance? Methinks he'll try to sell you insurance in Tagalog and not a cute Aussie accent. You need health insurance in order to buy car insurance from these demonic little bastards
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:38:41 PM EDT
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Quoted: Like a Filipina with a butterfly knife (balisong)...Quoted: Quoted: did they save you 15% on your car insurance? Methinks he'll try to sell you insurance in Tagalog and not a cute Aussie accent. You need health insurance in order to buy car insurance from these demonic little bastards |
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:39:51 PM EDT
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did they save you 15% on your car insurance? Methinks he'll try to sell you insurance in Tagalog and not a cute Aussie accent. You need health insurance in order to buy car insurance from these demonic little bastards
Mine prefers guns. I'm not sure whether that is an improvement or not. 
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:40:30 PM EDT
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Quoted: That sounds more like tukos. They are awesome, but damn they are mean. named it Lucifer but it got changed to Lucy when it laid a egg just struck me how old I am I had that gecko 15 years ago not 10 |
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:42:36 PM EDT
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I had one for years. Mean little fucker. Never got tame I hear they don't. At the exotic pet store I worked at in high school we had them loose in the store to combat the roach problem that developed when Subway opend up next store.
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:45:04 PM EDT
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Mine was named Nero. It fit. One time at the store one of them decide my big toe looked tasty. They may not have big teeth, but the got some jaw power to them. That little fucker was then summarily fed to the nurse shark
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Posted: 12/12/2010 10:59:57 PM EDT
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Mine was named Nero. It fit. One time at the store one of them decide my big toe looked tasty. They may not have big teeth, but the got some jaw power to them. That little fucker was then summarily fed to the nurse shark
My cousin has been bit who knows how many times. I've only been tagged once, and that was after taking these pictures. I was holding the female and she was all calm and relaxed. I handed her to my cousin, and she whipped around and nipped my finger. I guess she doesn't like him and was complaining to me about it.
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Posted: 12/12/2010 11:07:36 PM EDT
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Once I heard that they "gleefuly bite the hand that feeds them", I decided they just aren't for me.
Cool critters, though. As long as they don't seek my digets out, they'de be welcome to nom on any insects and/or rodents around. And provide the felines with a worthy adversary. |
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Posted: 12/12/2010 11:11:13 PM EDT
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did they save you 15% on your car insurance? Methinks he'll try to sell you insurance in Tagalog and not a cute Aussie accent. You need health insurance in order to buy car insurance from these demonic little bastards My roommate had a pair of tokays when I was in the Army. They kept a Nile Monitor 12 times their size cowering in the corner. What they did to pinky mice was something worthy of Jurassic Park.
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Posted: 12/12/2010 11:45:21 PM EDT
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/zack3gpics/tokay/10527940.jpg ]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/zack3gpics/tokay/10527940.jpg[/url] much potential here Something like: Surprise buttsecks! |
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Posted: 12/12/2010 11:45:33 PM EDT
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did they save you 15% on your car insurance? Methinks he'll try to sell you insurance in Tagalog and not a cute Aussie accent. You need health insurance in order to buy car insurance from these demonic little bastards My roommate had a pair of tokays when I was in the Army. They kept a Nile Monitor 12 times their size cowering in the corner. What they did to pinky mice was something worthy of Jurassic Park. These aren't quite big enough to eat mice, but when they are, that's going to be awesome. 
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Posted: 12/12/2010 11:51:34 PM EDT
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FEED THEM!!!!
I've had geckos big enough to eat them. |
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Posted: 12/13/2010 12:11:22 AM EDT
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FEED THEM!!!! I've had geckos big enough to eat them. They have a steady supply of crickets and mealworms right now. Mice to be introduced when the demonic lizards are a bit bigger.
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Posted: 12/13/2010 12:18:01 AM EDT
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Looks angry.
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Posted: 12/13/2010 1:03:31 AM EDT
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FEED THEM!!!! I've had geckos big enough to eat them. They have a steady supply of crickets and mealworms right now. Mice to be introduced when the demonic lizards are a bit bigger. If you can get pictures (or even better a video! ) up in this forum that would be cool to watch.
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Posted: 12/13/2010 1:32:21 AM EDT
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Those are cool.
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Posted: 12/13/2010 2:28:23 AM EDT
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My daughter has all kinds of those things,a bunch of different colors.
They look like little dinosaurs. |
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Posted: 12/13/2010 2:33:03 AM EDT
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Those damn things liked to killed me.
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Posted: 12/13/2010 3:07:48 AM EDT
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I never saw them(it was at night) but last winter I heard them barking while in Cambodia. I was really suprised when I was told it was a Gecko that was making such a loud noise! Cool! Thanks for the pics...
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Posted: 12/13/2010 3:51:54 AM EDT
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I had some leopard gekkos. Had them for 2 months and then took them to my parents house while I went on vacation. When I had them they were black. Apparently right after I dropped them off they molted and ate the old skin. Their new color was greenish yellow. They got super mean and died about a month later. I was only gone 2 or 3 days. Not sure what happened.
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Posted: 12/13/2010 3:55:50 AM EDT
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Tokay geckos are one of the most ornery lizards you can get.
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Posted: 12/13/2010 8:00:12 AM EDT
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Tokay geckos are one of the most ornery lizards you can get. True, I really believe demonic is a fitting description.
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Posted: 12/13/2010 11:37:41 AM EDT
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Tokay geckos are one of the most ornery lizards you can get. True, I really believe demonic is a fitting description. Arent they the only other animial besides humans with a "true" voice (meaning having vocal cords)? Friend of my wife had one and had to get rid of it as the little bastard was so loud at night they couldnt sleep. J- |
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Posted: 12/13/2010 3:46:18 PM EDT
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I've had a couple of Tokay's. They were pretty mean. One day I was playing with a pet ball python by their cage and they took off running so fast they smacked into the cage glass. It was pretty funny to see the bully lizards turn tail (sorry for the pun) and run. Guess I found out who rules the jungle.
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Posted: 12/13/2010 4:06:34 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/13/2010 4:17:54 PM EDT
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My wife is from Thailand and these critters scared the hell out of the kids there. Aggressive is an understatement.
She doesn't even like watching videos of them now! |
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Posted: 12/13/2010 4:28:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/13/2010 6:06:52 PM EDT
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My wife is from Thailand and these critters scared the hell out of the kids there. Aggressive is an understatement. She doesn't even like watching videos of them now! They are mostly harmless, though. Mostly
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