Corfu lizard (Algyroides nigropunctatus)
Tarentola mauritanica, known as the common wall gecko, is a species of gecko (Gekkota) native to the western Mediterranean area of North Africa and Europe. It is a nocturnal animal, slightly larger than the common samiamid. dults can measure up to 15 centimetres (5.9 in), tail included. Robust body and flat head. Back, legs and tail with prominent conic tubercles. Its regenerated tail is smoother and doesn’t have tubercles. Obtuse mouth, big eyes with no eyelids and vertical pupil. Fingers with big lateral growths and adherent division less laminae in the bottom face. Only the third and fourth fingers end in union. Brownish grey or brown coloration with darker or lighter spots. These colours change in intensity according to the light. When they are active by day their colour is darker than during the night. It can be found on many construction sites, ruins, rock fields, tree trunks, etc. Its characteristic behavior is that it lingers at night next to lamps for insects on which it feeds. It is a completely harmless animal, and serves to control the population of mosquitoes and other insects or arthropods on which it feeds. In Greece, apart from Corfu and the Ionian Sea, it is found in Western Peloponnese, Central Greece and Crete.
