Name
Wahlberg's Velvet Gecko [Homopholis wahlbergii]
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Gekkonidae
Length_F
90 - 110 mm
Length_M
90 - 110 mm
Description
The Wahlbergs Velvet Gecko is a large velvet gecko. The back is light to dark grey-brown, usually with irregular pale and dark crossbars, and often with a series of pale vertebral blotches. The snout lacks a black band. The belly is cream and is sometimes lightly spotted.Distribution
The Wahlbergs Velvet Gecko is found in Zimbabwe and Southern Mozambique, into adjacent Zululand, the Northern Province and Eastern Botswana.Breeding
A pair of large, hard-shelled eggs are laid in a rock crack or under bark by the Wahlbergs Velvet Gecko.
Diet
Wahlbergs Velvet Gecko diet consists of large insects, particularly grasshoppers and cockroaches, but they also eat termites and millipedes.
