Weird Sounds in the Night .... could it be a Tokay Gekko?

Since arriving in the Phillipines we have often heard a weird sound in the early evening or at night ... hard to describe but somewhere between a croak and a squawk!!

We couldn't work it out, but thought it was probably some kind of a bird.

But our interpretation of natures call was seriously wrong ... the sound was made by a gekko!! The tokay gekko.

Carol is very glad she now knows what it is ...  as at about 30 to 50 cm long it must be an imposing little creature. Also if confronted in the house, it is rumoured that it will jump at you and run up your body to escape ... apparently at this moment you resemble a tree!!

Have a look at this video and then you'll hear why it's also known as the "f--k you" gekko (which was the name given to it by American troops).

My very thought as I listened to one as I lay in bed last night.