Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Class Reptilia > Suborder Sauria > Infraorder Gekkota > Family Gekkonidae > Genus Hemidactylus > Species Hemidactylus turcicus
My image of Hemidactylus turcicus, taken before May 2022 in Chalmette, LA, USA
FACT: The proliferation of this lizard as a common house pest may have to do with its strangely high resistance to pesticides!
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