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Trying to identify a small lizard- Help Please?

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Today this small lizard was located in the sink at my father's office. I'm currently trying to identify the little guy's species so i may attempt to care for it. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! We're in the northern kentucky area.

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currently, the lizard measures about an exact inch long (2.54 cm), he appears somewhat translucent. you cant see the tail in the picture...the tail is a little less than a third of it's body length and has a 6 small lines around it.
 
Hemidactylus turcicus, or Mediterranean House Gecko. They've been expanding their range quite readily over the past few years (yay global warming... not). A friend of mine found one northeast of Atlanta this year. I personally haven't seen them outside of Florida.
 
Definitely Hemidactylus turcicus.
Granted, I'm no expert on caring for the species, or any house geckos for that amtter, but I believe they can be kept in 10 gallon terraria and should have plenty of tight spaces to hide behind/in.
The ambient temperature should probably be in the mid 70's with a hotspot in the high 80's.
As for their diet, I would assume that they would eat any small insect they can get their mouths around, predominantly pinhead crickets.
Note that I am NOT currently keeping Hemidactylus turcicus (or any of its family members), and that these are purely my predictions; do some research on your own to make sure.
Good luck :)
 
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