HELP - Can anyone identify the <salamander/newt/lizard> in the picture?

[drakhan2002]

Can anyone identify this creature? I live in Texas...found it crawling across my second floor apartment master bedroom. :uhoh:

Thank you in advance!

 

[sde]

That is a Gecko, maybe a leopard gecko? Not quite sure. It is missing it's tail also. It's not actually a Amphibian at all, a Reptile actually. -Seth

 

[Asevernnnn]

I believe its a Common House Gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus

 

[Sir Jagger]

Yea, not an amphibian. For sure a gecko of some sorts, looks like a house gecko. Not a leopard gecko, leopard geckos don't have toe pads and can't climb surfaces.

 

[sde]

Not a leopard gecko, leopard geckos don't have toe pads and can't climb surfaces.

OK thanks for clarifying that, I am not too good with reptiles.

 

[TheFailsafe16]

I believe its a Common House Gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus

That's plausible, its an introduced species found in Dallas and Galveston Counties according to this: Common House Gecko | Herps of Texas.

I think its more likely to be a Mediterranean House Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus), another introduced species which can be found in the Southern and Eastern parts of the state. http://www.herpsoftexas.org/content/mediterranean-house-gecko.