1 October β 24 November
the coastal calendar, unshifted
The same walls as the Moorish gecko but higher up and further into the shadow; translucent, pinkish, and much slighter.
Nocturnal to the point that it is rarely seen by day at all, and it loses ground to the Moorish gecko wherever the two share a wall β so it takes the upper courses and the shaded side. The squeak it makes when caught is a real call, not distress noise.
photos, sightings and recordings, off this site
where this species is on the list
| Phase | When | Length | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| wintering in cover | 25 November β 4 March | 100 days | Reptile dormancy β sluggish rather than truly asleep, and broken by warm spells. |
| going about the year | 5 March β 14 April | 41 days | Feeding, holding territory, doing nothing the calendar singles out. |
| courting | 15 April β 14 May | 30 days | Song, display, fighting, scent-marking β pairs forming or reaffirming. |
| on eggs | 15 May β 14 August | 92 days | Clutch laid and being incubated, or buried and left to the sun. |
| raising young | 15 August β 30 September | 47 days | Dependent young in the nest, den or burrow, being fed. |
| young dispersing | 1 October β 24 November | 55 days | Young leaving for good, looking for a territory of their own. |