These creatures seem to be a Common House Geckos, found in southeastern Asia and the northern parts of Africa, also known as the Pacific house gecko, the Asian house gecko, or simply, the house lizard. They can be seen climbing walls of houses and other buildings. These were spread around the world by ships, and now these geckos are common in the southern half of the United States and many parts of Australia. They grow to a length of between three to six inches (7.5 cm to 15 cm) and live for about five years.
Like many other geckos, this species can lose its tail when alarmed. And like all geckos, its call or chirp rather resembles the sound ‘gecko, gecko’, or ‘tchak tchak tchak’ often sounded three times in sequence. In Asia, notably Malaysia and Singapore, geckos have local names onomatopoetically derived from the sounds they make, like ‘chee chak’ or ‘chi chak’, and in the Philippines they are called ‘butiki’ in Tagalog, or ‘tiki’ in Cebuano, and in Thailand ‘jing-jok’.
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