Hemidactylus Turcicus

Hemidactylus Turcicus -- Mediterranean Gecko      Length - hatchling 35mm, maximum 120mm (4.73")      Age - seven to ten years in captivity
Date	Notes
c. 15 March 1996	Estimated hatch-day for Stumpy.
c. 15 June 1996	Estimated hatch-day for B.J. Royale.
July-November 1996	At least seven (1.2.4) H. Turcicus caught in houses and apartments just west of UNT's campus in Denton, Texas.
7 August 1996	Acquired Stumpy when he was found in my apartment.  I suspect that he and the other H. Turcicus were searching for water during the drought of 1996. Length 64mm (2.5") before loss of tail. Length 38mm (1.5") after.
August 1996	Researched H. Turcicus.
1 September 1996	Acquired BJ from a neighbor's apartment. Length 51mm (2.0").
November 1996	Stumpy's length 77mm (13mm of regrown tail). BJ's length 64mm.
January 1997	Moved Stumpy and BJ from a 10-gallon tank to a 25-gallon (high) tank. Stumpy's length 83mm (svl 45mm, tail 38mm). BJ's length 90mm (svl 55mm, tail 35mm).
4 April 1997	Stumpy's length 3.27" (age 12.5 months). BJ's length 3.54" (age 8.5 months).
8 May 1997	Stumpy's length 88mm.
Summer 1997	Stumpy and BJ returned to a 10-gallon tank during my exodus (TX--OH--NY--VA--OH).
18 December 1997	Stumpy's length 99mm (svl 51mm, tail 42mm) (3.66") (age 20.5 months). BJ's length 103mm (approximately).
26 January 1999	BJ's length 120mm (approximately).
Summer 2003	Stumpy dropped the regrown portion of his tail while I was on vacation. By the end of summer, regrown tail was roughly the same length as the original regrown section.
28 February 2004	First major revision of the Virtual Vivarium in a very long time. Stumpy's age 7 years, 11.5 months. BJ's age 7 years, 8.5 months.