Common Barking Geckos

[Mongoose]

Common Barking Gecko - Ptenopus g.garrulus - West of Port Nolloth - Copyright of David Maguire

Barking Geckos live in sandy habitats. The males call from their burrows from late afternoon in a chorus(tich,tich,tich) which sounds like marbles hitting one another..

Common Barking Gecko - Ptenopus g.garrulus by David Maguire, on Flickr

Common Barking Gecko - Ptenopus g.garrulus by David Maguire, on Flickr

Hope you enjoy!

[Fooble]

Welcome back goose!

Killer images as usual.

[Mitton]

Awesome pics! Such cool little geckos.

[Westley Price]

Full of attitude!

Love the little feathers on their toes.

[Ruan Stander]

One of my all-time favourites even though I've never seen it, despite it being such a common species.
Beautiful photographs too. Do they prefer coarse or fine grained sand ?

[Mongoose]

Thanks Everyone.

Ruan, they prefer sandy soils but I have found them on plains covered with alluvial gravel as pictured here. They burrow in the soft sandy soils though

[Westley Price]

Just an observation....isnt west of PN in the Atlantic Ocean?

[Mongoose]

You are right Westley. West is in the very cold atlantic ocean!

East of Port Nolloth.