# Hemidactylus turcicus
Hemidactylus turcicus, "Hemidactylus" cinsine bağlı bir geko türüdür. Bölgesel adlandırmaları arasında "Süleymancık", "Türk keleri" veya "Geniş parmaklı keler" yer alır.


## Özellikleri.
Genel olarak küçüktür. Yaklaşık olarak #YÖNLENDİR uzunluğunda, yapışkan parmaklı, yatay gözbebekli ve gözkapaksız iri gözleri vardır. Açık kahverengi veya grimsi üst kısmında koyu renkli noktalar bulunur, alt kısımları genel olarak beyazdır.


## Dağılım ve habitat.
Akdeniz bölgesine ve iklimine özgü olsa da dünyanın her yerinde dağılım gösterir. Portekiz, İspanya, Fransa, İtalya, Yunanistan, İsrail, Arnavutluk, Malta, Bulgaristan, Kuzey Makedonya, Hırvatistan kıyıları, Bosna-Hersek, Kıbrıs, Türkiye, Fas'ın kuzey kısımları, Cezayir, Tunus, Ürdün, Suriye, Libya, Mısır, Lübnan, Yemen'in kuzeyi, Somali, Kenya, İran'ın güneyi, Irak, Umman, Katar, Pakistan, Hindistan, Panama, Porto Riko, Belize, Meksika ve Küba'da da görülür.
İnsanların yerleşim alanlarında, kayalıklarda ve mağaralarda yaşar. Yığıntılarda, tavan aralarında veya bina yıkıntılarında yuvalanabilirler.


## Ekoloji.
### Yaşam döngüsü.
Dört aydan bir yıla kadar yetişkinliğe erişir. Erkekler, bir eşi çekmek için tıklama sesleri çıkarır ve dişi kendi gıcırtılarına tepki verir. Ayrıca, daha yüksek döllenme başarısı ile sonuçlanan daha güçlü ısırıklarla çiftleşme ısırmaları sergiler. İç döllenme yaşar. Üreme mevsimi tipik olarak her yıl nisandan ağustosa kadardır ve yumurtalar mayıs ortasından ağustos ayına kadar ortalama iki pençe büyüklüğünde serilir. Dişileri döllenmeyi geciktirir ve spermi infundibulum adı verilen huni şeklindeki bir organda beş aya kadar saklayabilir. Bu nedenle, kesin gebelik süresi bilinmemektedir, ancak yaklaşık 40 gün olduğu tahmin edilmektedir. Ebeveyn bakımı sağlamaz, erkeklerin yavruları ısıracak kadar ileri gittiği gözlemlenmemiştir.


### Besin kaynağı.
Besinleri böcek ve örümcek türlerini içerir. Görsel avcılardır ve av seçimleri avın ölü veya diri olmasına göre değişir. Genel olarak canlı olanları tercih eder.


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