A foraging bout was here defined as a visit to an inflorescence, starting from the time a gecko began feeding and ending once the gecko left the inflorescence.
Eighty per cent of flower-visiting geckos were females and their activity peaked earlier than that of males.
House geckoes and their parasites are also likely to be suitable models for studies on competition by introduced host species.
Statistical power is limited with four samples, but there was an obvious positive association (r2 = 0.84) between the abundance of this diminutive diurnal gecko and the coverage of leaf litter.
Observations were made from a distance of 2 m behind a mosquito net with a small observation hole to prevent geckos from being distracted by our presence.
Phelsuma (day geckos) is a group of lizards of which 41 species are known.
The present results are based on limited data and further investigations on the ecology and epidemiology of the parasites of house geckoes including climatic data, are required.
Twenty-one adults and 12 juveniles were examined for geckos.
