As it turns out, the lizard he and his dad, Will Bernstein, found in Chatsworth is actually a Mediterranean House Gecko – the first documented discovery of one in Los Angeles County.

According to the Natural History Museum, an amateur father-son team of herpetologists Will and Reese Bernstein discovered a population of non-native Mediterranean House Geckos. The Bernstein’s ...

The Mediterranean house gecko is an import, probably on cargo ships around World War II. Of course, in the 1950s and ’60s geckos of all sorts were sold as pets. In Mississippi, we have our own ...

"The Mediterranean House Gecko was introduced in Florida in 1910," says Pauly. " It hung out there until the 50's and then spread rapidly. The thought is that as Eisenhower's highways got up and ...

Several species of geckos have been introduced to new areas and have become invasive species, including the Mediterranean house gecko in the United States. Geckos can be found in urban areas and ...

“A gecko on the loose – better call Geico!” was Maria Holland’s response on Facebook when she learned that this little critter photographed on the side of her house was a gecko! I was ...

The geckos may be either the common house gecko, whose scientific name is Hemidactylus frenatus and is a native of Southeast Asia, or the Mediterranean house gecko, whose scientific name is ...

So it’s understandable why Heidi Pocklington sent me this photo from her Suffolk home after last week’s column on the Mediterranean house geckos that are now naturalized in Virginia.

The Mediterranean house gecko was found by Victoria Naylor when she returned to her home in Altrincham. Ms Naylor spotted something moving in her case the day after her return on August 25 ...