Common Barking Gecko

Ptenopus garrulus, also known commonly as the common barking gecko and the whistling gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to southern Africa. There are two recognized subspecies.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Common Barking Gecko being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Stenodactylus sthenodactylus
• Stenodactylus mauritanicus
• Stenodactylus petrii
• Stenodactylus leptocosymbotes
• Stenodactylus slevini

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Gekkonidae

Genus

Ptenopus

Species

Ptenopus garrulus

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