What's the name?

bill230 says on Dec 3, 2007, 10:02:

Sounds like a gecko Gueco or gueco casero in Spanish

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Colombiche says on Dec 3, 2007, 10:05:

Lagartijas?

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msaucey says on Dec 3, 2007, 10:16:

I'm going with Gecko... I found one at my mom's house in Pereira... small thing, of course I scared it and it hid under the bed... probably still there... lol...

I don't know if they make any noise...

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Colombiche says on Dec 3, 2007, 10:21:

I thought he was asking for the colombian name, which to my knowledge, would be lagartija:

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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Mononoke28 says on Dec 3, 2007, 10:25:

They're lagartijas.

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Colombiche says on Dec 3, 2007, 10:28:

I remember I as as kid in Manizales and Pereira I used to love picking them up by the tail.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Dec 3, 2007, 10:30:

it has to be lagartijas, and I agree they make hell of a noise for their size

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msaucey says on Dec 3, 2007, 10:32:

You guys made me doubt myself... I just went looking for the pictures... It definately was a gecko at my mom's... not a lagartija.... lol.... it was yellowish with brown spots and curly inward tail....

I went to reach for it, because I thought it was dead and it took off....

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Dec 3, 2007, 10:34:

mssaucey at my mum's house we have tons hehe and they are yellowish with brown spots, but we call them lagartijas others specially on the coast called them salamanquejas

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Colombiche says on Dec 3, 2007, 10:35:

geckos have bigger heads than lagartijas. I didn't realize there were geckos in pereira, that is why I went with lagartija.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Dec 3, 2007, 10:39:

UY no the ones at my mum's house are like this.



usually you find them in hot weather places

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Colombiche says on Dec 3, 2007, 10:44:

Ah entonces esas son lagartijas calentanas, las de manizales son cachaquitas, como en la primera foto que puse.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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msaucey says on Dec 3, 2007, 10:44:

The one I saw looked like this...

http://www.vmsherp.com/ImagePages/Leopards/MackSnow.htm
http://www.vmsherp.com/ImagePages/Leopards/HighYellow.htm

Only skinnier.... I don't know, something like this....

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Dec 3, 2007, 10:49:

I recognize the lagartija in colombiche's picture, but to be honest, I never paid much attention to those little thingies...I believe they are called just "lagartijas" in Cali but may well be of different species...just like "gringo" is an umbrella term for all non-latino, non-Asian foreigner....

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Dec 3, 2007, 10:50:

hmm Mssaucey your lagartijas are more sophisticated, mine are del comun hehehe

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Colombiche says on Dec 3, 2007, 10:52:

Holey moley, Msaucey's lagartijas look like something that escaped out of el zoologico de Pereira lol.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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msaucey says on Dec 3, 2007, 10:57:

lol....

that's why I'm telling you, it didn't look like a regular lagartijita... I've seen those too, but this time I was kind of shocked to see an actual gecko... I didn't think there were any at all....

Then again, maybe it was jet lag and bad vision... lol.... Can't blame it on drinking, since I hadn't started yet...

It was the way the tail was curled, most lagartijitas don't curl the tail while I believe geckos due....

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slguy says on Dec 3, 2007, 11:21:

All right, I'll do it.

How the hell do you know this stuff, Drive? ;)

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msaucey says on Dec 3, 2007, 11:29:

LOL... Drive, thanks.... They are similar to those pictures, I can't find the exact one I saw... But, it was yellow with spots and had a curly tail.... no fat tail.... It really looks like the gecko from geico, only yellow with brown spots... but, that's just a drawn picture, so, I don't know, maybe I'm just losing my mind... but, it didn't look like a ligartijita to me....

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

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Colombiche says on Dec 3, 2007, 12:09:

See? It was an escapee from the matecaña zoo. My cards are never wrong.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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slguy says on Dec 3, 2007, 18:25:

If I really wanted to yank your chain, I'd swear I saw a chupacabra while I lived in Puerto Rico....jajajajjajajaja

Interesting profession, though! You aren't related to any of the Brasilian Bird Police, are you?

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Man Tequila says on Dec 3, 2007, 18:55:

If not a gecko, maybe a tegu, or a skink? Fifth graders know more about lizards than I do.

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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msaucey says on Dec 3, 2007, 20:43:

What the heck is a tegu or skink.... I obviously did now have enough boys in my neighbor to show me the difference... Then again, the only things I can recognize are... a green lizard or small variation of... I thought a gecko, but maybe not, but the feet, they're webed right, oh well, maybe not... maybe spiderman.... black widows, ants, and roaches.... That's about all I know....

Now the chupacabra and chuchacabra might me one in the same... I'd be careful during your experiments "Driveallnight", you'd be amazed at the things people confuse with one too many bottles of aguardiente...

lol

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Man Tequila says on Dec 3, 2007, 21:20:

This is a tegu.



This is a blue-tailed skink. There are a few near my parents cottage, but skinks are more common in Colombia.

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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john_stark says on Dec 3, 2007, 21:26:

Any pictures of skanks? I hear that they're common too.

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Man Tequila says on Dec 3, 2007, 21:29:

What colour are their tails?

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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john_stark says on Dec 3, 2007, 21:46:

They come in different colors. It's nice to grab them by their tails with two hands.

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Man Tequila says on Dec 3, 2007, 21:50:

Skinks shed their tail if you grab it with two hands. This trait might be disturbing in a skank.

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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slguy says on Dec 3, 2007, 21:54:

Oh, I don't know. I've seen more than one tail I wish had stayed, after the owner left.....

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capitan_centella says on Dec 3, 2007, 21:58:

Ni idea. . . es como tratar de describir a la patasola!. . .

jajajajajaj

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Man Tequila says on Dec 3, 2007, 22:00:

Jejeje.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patasola

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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capitan_centella says on Dec 3, 2007, 22:04:

sumercé la patasola tiene página en wickypaila!!! noooooo!!!!!

"When you open your eyes, you turn around with the world, But it can change, if you only close it, and see a dream to yourself." Me.

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capitan_centella says on Dec 3, 2007, 22:04:

nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

argh!

"When you open your eyes, you turn around with the world, But it can change, if you only close it, and see a dream to yourself." Me.

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nathalie says on Dec 4, 2007, 15:14:

It is chupacabra! no chuchacabra

And.. regarding to your lizard, in Bucaramanga we call them CHINAS!!! hahaha my knowledge of reptiles, bugs, insects, etc, is just pointing at them while screaming and running away!!!

La Colombiana

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untreated says on Dec 4, 2007, 15:26:

To answer your original question: They are called: "CUQUECAS"

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msaucey says on Dec 4, 2007, 15:39:

untreated, now you're pulling my leg....

A cuqueca? I'm afraid to ask.... Last time I ask the conversation led to pulling tails...

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slguy says on Dec 4, 2007, 15:41:

you have a problem with tail pulling? jajajajajajjajaja

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