Another difference between geckos and anoles is the vocalizations geckos make. Green anoles are silent, but geckos emit a range of noises that sound like barks, chirps and even duck-like quacks.

The geckos, like the anoles, will perish for the same reasons. By the way, I do find an occasional gecko in my home here in North Texas, but I don't panic.

Now on to evening: when anoles go to sleep, (most) geckos are just waking up. It’s safe to say we have a glut of gecko species in the Southeast, and it gets very confusing.

Brown anoles are increasingly more commonplace, while green anoles seem to be on the decline. But that may be because the brown anoles are simply more prolific breeders, while green anoles have a ...

When anoles go to sleep, (most) geckos are just waking up. It’s safe to say we have a glut of gecko species in the Southeast, and it gets very confusing.

Anoles and geckos are two different large groups of lizards. They live on different continents, and evolutionarily, they're separated by 250 million years of time.

An evolutionary biologist shows how different groups of lizards -- geckos and anoles -- took two completely different evolutionary paths to developing the beneficial trait of sticky toe pads.

These geckos are easily distinguished from Bermuda’s common anole lizards and our endemic skink, as they have a mottled tan, brown or gray skin with distinctive bumps all over the body.

Thanks, Wendy, and everyone else who wrote to educate us on anoles, geckos and other wildlife. The Sunday photo was a mistake. Please accept my apology, while I slither under a rock.

When anoles go to sleep, (most) geckos are just waking up. It’s safe to say we have a glut of gecko species in the Southeast, and it gets very confusing.