To ask if anyone knows the difference between a lizard and a gecko ? Picture included

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So just found this little guy in the bedroom. He's pretty cute but very fast. Managed to catch him eventually and put him outside in the plants. Does anyone know what he/she is ? I've googled a few pictures and non the wiser !

What country are you in?

I think it's a house gecko. The kind that hang around the lights in hotel doorways. Such cute little things.

Gecko’s are lizards. There are many different lizards.

Sorry should have said I live in Spain

Mum ah ok that is interesting I never knew that ! I can see from google there are loads of different ones. He seems to have pretty big feet !

It looks like a gecko but without seeing close up it's hard to know which type. Gecko are a type of lizard.

It looks like a newt! Not sure how common they are in Spain

When I lived overseas my cat brought those to me daily.

I knew them as geckos.

Gecko! Watch out for them falling off doorways. Delightful little critters.

Like a pp said, it looks like a house gecko.
We have a lot of them in our apartment in Egypt. Sometimes they call to each other with squeaky, clicking sounds.

I only took the one picture and then got him out 🙈 as cute as he is I didn't fancy sleeping with him. He does look like a house gecko as a previous poster mentioned. When I looked up close he was the same kind of colours.
Thanks guys 😊

A gecko and they eat mosquitoes so are lovely to have around.

its geeko you can tell by the suction cups on their feet.

I miss Malta and all there lovely lizards don't miss the scorpions though those buggers got everywhere.

THats a gecko 🦎 my mum lives in Spain and has loads. Love them

I'm sorry but every time I hear the word gecko, I can't help the urge to shout 'Super Gecko Muscles!'

@Nairobiblue maybe we should have kept him. Hate Mosquitos 😤

Gecko - we have them here in the Caribbean, my mum is from Borneo and calls them chick chacks...

Fatted - that was my first thought too. My son is PJ masks mad!

@Fatted @ChipsCheeseAndBeans I don't know what that is 🙈 need to google 🤣

Ah ok kids cartoon ! Also a cute little guy but he has the wrong kind of feet 🤣

This is Gecko off PJ Masks. Each character has super powers and his are his super Gecko muscles! DS2 is obsessed and Gecko is his favourite

@Fatted after reading about him I have decided to call him Greg 😄

He’s not only cute but will eat all the insects and even spiders that plague you. He’s like your very own personal superhero!

And you’d have big feet if you needed them to climb up vertical walls (and occasionally fall off in comedy style).

Enjoy him