Human activity has spread these lizards around the world — including to the U.S., where you can find tokay geckos in both Florida and Hawaii. Tokay geckos are arboreal creatures. This means that the ...

New research has been investigating the origins of tokay geckos in Hong Kong, both the wild ones and those sold in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) shops. Tokay geckos are one of the most ...

Widespread misconceptions about the medicinal benefits of tokay geckos are leading to these common nocturnal lizards being hunted across Bangladesh. Wildlife traffickers set an exorbitant price on ...

Across Asia humans in rural areas are in constant contact with the Tokay Gecko, which takes its name from the noise it makes in many Asian languages and in English as well. Reaching up to 30-40cm in ...

Among the several endangered wildlife species that continue to be smuggled out of India’s Northeast is a nocturnal lizard called tokay gecko, which commands an extremely high value in the grey markets ...

Claims that a nocturnal Asian lizard can be used to help treat the HIV virus have led to a sharp boom in smuggling of the reptile, putting it at risk of extinction, a conservation group said yesterday ...

This is the moment a defiant tokay gecko refused to let go of a snake trying to squeeze it to death. Pupils at the Wat Suwan Khiri School were about to go to the toilet when they found both reptiles ...

For many species threatened by the illegal wildlife trafficking, such as rhinos, elephants, tigers, and bears, debates persist as to whether a legal trade in their parts and products can reduce ...

Tokay geckos are one of the most charismatic reptile species in Asia and the second largest gecko species in the world. They also are one of the most heavily traded reptiles, with millions exported ...