The National Geographic Museum staff purchased a crested gecko in early August. As yet, we don't know if it's a male or female, and it doesn't have a name. That's where you come in! Visit http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/ and scroll down to see the poll and vote for your favorite gecko name.
The gecko will be used for educational demonstrations during the upcoming exhibition, Geckos: Tails to Toepads. "It is a lot of fun having an office pet," said Elena Guarinello, National Geographic Museum program manager . "During meetings we can see the gecko hunting crickets or warming itself under the terrarium lights. Every morning I start my workday by spritzing water around the terrarium both to help with the humidity and to create droplets on the leaves and glass for the gecko to drink. I also hold it for about five minutes each morning. The gecko was skittish at first but after about three weeks it calmed down and will now spend about five minutes crawling from one of my hands to the other. Sometimes it will even hang upside from one of my fingers!"
Get gecko facts in the Creature Feature on National Geographic Kids.
Want to visit the gecko? Visit the National Geographic Museum's Geckos:Tails to Toepads gecko exhibit, which will be open from September 24, 2010 to January 5, 2011.
Print out a gecko mask and coloring pages on National Geographic Little Kids.
Photo courtesy Elena Guarinello
The gecko will be used for educational demonstrations during the upcoming exhibition, Geckos: Tails to Toepads. "It is a lot of fun having an office pet," said Elena Guarinello, National Geographic Museum program manager . "During meetings we can see the gecko hunting crickets or warming itself under the terrarium lights. Every morning I start my workday by spritzing water around the terrarium both to help with the humidity and to create droplets on the leaves and glass for the gecko to drink. I also hold it for about five minutes each morning. The gecko was skittish at first but after about three weeks it calmed down and will now spend about five minutes crawling from one of my hands to the other. Sometimes it will even hang upside from one of my fingers!"
Get gecko facts in the Creature Feature on National Geographic Kids.
Want to visit the gecko? Visit the National Geographic Museum's Geckos:Tails to Toepads gecko exhibit, which will be open from September 24, 2010 to January 5, 2011.
Print out a gecko mask and coloring pages on National Geographic Little Kids.
Photo courtesy Elena Guarinello
GRIPER!
Wow! that is one adorable little lizard. I wish he was mine
i personally think you should name it something for both genders like sam or francis.
hannah
Hi my sister and i think you should call the gecko Bumblebee because he is yellow.
Geico
Hi me and my sisters think you should call her "TINY ROMEO"!!! LOL :p :) :( :o
you should call it (Flofy)
i think we should call him piko because he is very tiny
Fluffy
Marco Polo
Riko
Fancy-Thing
Uno
Sam-R-U
Kat (Leopared Gecko. Get it?)
Jack/Jacquline
Beanie
it should be Oscar, it fits him nicely! @^o^@
I think you should name it Leo.
You sold name him Freddy :)
I have a gecko as a pet at home. I love lizards and geckos so much! This is so cool.
i think we should name it mino (like mini, with an o)
I think that the name should be lemondrop or lemon.
armani gecko
tortoise green lizard
leaf gecko
tarmus lizard
gickanous lizard
wild green gecko
that's all i got
he`s sooo cute!!!! I think you should name him Ringtail.
Treejoe
Mary
Marco
Friday
mini frog
I just thought it would be cool if you named it Bubby!!
I really love national geographic and i love lizards!!!! So here is some names! 1. Komodo 2. Razor 3. Nightcrawler 4. Night 5. Shadow 6. Rooty 7. Liggy 8. Marvin 9. Spike 10. Tinytom 11. Rocky 12. Dubby 13. Dub 14. Darwin 15. Blaster 16. Robby 17. Toby!! Please oh please pick one of my names! I love the little guy so much!!! And im a big fan of the show and i love this website. And lizards!!!!!!!
aligator gecko.drago
I love lizards.I have some names!1.Drago 2.Rubby 3.Dimmy
Lizards r KUUULLL...... I think the Lizard's name should b, Kuly. (which is pronounced cooly) I like spelling kul thtaway espeially when I txt :P teehee
The lizards name should just be Kuly
I think you should call the
gecko Darwin after Charles Darwin.
I think u should call it Geico because the company's mascot is a gecko!
i think you should name the adorable gecko the day of the week that you found him/her on (thursday, friday,monday etc.) or the month name that you found him/her in (november,october,july etc.) anyway, HE IS SO CUTE LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :D :)
I think you should name it Clyde!
Ok, I seriously think you guys should name it, Pygmy, Elf, Midget or,Bittsy. Well, because it's small, ya know what I mean? Good names, huh?
Ya know what, Nationial Geographic kids is so cool, why not name it,Geo, or Grapic? Or even Naty (natey) or nate? Perfect names, for an AWESOME magazene. Comment if you agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really think that are perfect names for da little guy. Pleaze pleze, choose one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hard to come up with those names!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
I really think that are perfect names for da little guy. Pleaze pleze, choose one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hard to come up with those names!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
I agree with sea1200, but I also think you should name it:1. twist 2. twisty
3. skitz 4. skittish. Those are my suggestions, comment if you agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You should name it: 1. Relish 2. Puny 3. NatGeo 4. LIzzie 5. Coolio
THOSE NAMES ROCK!!!!!
I think you should name him Limeade. For no reason.
Yellow skinned lizard eye
I know I know!! sniper!!
Thank you,word1234.For agreeing with me.
Gator
mini monster
he or she is sooo cute they are about the cutest frog ever
cutie pie
I have 2 lepard geckos of my own 1 female the other male. They r Angle (girl) and Devil. I used to have a different one before them and his name was Gieco.
!Gieco!
I really like the names I came up with.
If it's a boy Tiny Tim, and if it's a girl Small Sammy (or possibly Little Lily!)
I looked up where crested geckos live on the internet. I found out that they are from New Caldonia. I think that since the language there is French, it should be named Petit (french for tiny).
if it's a male:jeff
if it's a female:sasha
i think another good name for the gecko is Marvin it really suits him. (if its a boy)
Vasya
Athena, that's the Greek Goddess of Wisdom (if girl)
That's one cute gecko!!!:)
i have one gecko frm borneo,i call tokek or bengkarung..
I think this geckos name should be the crested gecko because it has crests on it's back.
tokek is cute
in my life
but lua erok.....
I have a gecko. I found him in a puddle of oil. for some reason i can`t figure out how to make a post.
i think u should name it candy LOL :D
You could call it:
Licky
Gary
mimi
frank
clingy
I think you should name it...
Bubba
Lexi
Muai
cookie
nugget
juno
nub nub
joey
romeo
baily
lola
and... bruno
I'm going to get a crested gecko soon and iv been looking at different names but none of them suit your 1 so I thought of some I think its a girl because girls have got lumps on there bum but boys don't.
girls names:
1.Bo 2.jingle 3.sparkle 4.glimmer 5.tinsel 6.daisy 7.diamond 8.star 9.poco (like a pocodot) 10.pop 11.krystal
boys names:
1.silver 2. Stan 3.jimjam 4.domo 5.stewie 6.butterflylion 7.cloud 8.skamp 9. ginger snap 10. lickerish
thank you I hope you choose 1 of my names :)