Thanks so much for your interesting comment.

The Indo Pacific gecko and its relatives are certainly in the same class as the flowerpot snake and greenhouse frogs when it comes to successfully colonizing new habitats.

You raise an interesting point concerning communal nesting, thanks for bringing it to the attention of our readers. I would be very interested to hear about your results…please also let me know how you have the geckos set up, and a little about their population density in your area, if you don’t mind.

I’ve always wondered about the details of supposed communal nesting. Years ago I established a group of tokay geckos in a huge (1/2 acre) zoo exhibit occupied by various Southeast Asian birds and mammals. The lizards settled in well, and I soon noticed that many laid eggs in the same general area, despite thousands of square feet of wall and tree trunk space. This seemed odd as female tokay geckos can be quite territorial. I believe they chose this one area because it was inaccessible to the magpies, squirrels and gibbons that might otherwise eat the eggs (or, in the case of the gibbons, throw them at the tapirs and visitors!). Perhaps, as happens with other animals, territorial boundaries broke down because there was such an abundance of food (three species of roaches and other insects in this case).

Just my theory…please let me know your own thoughts and how things progress with your geckos.

Thanks again, Best regards, Frank