I had a sprinkler system installed in the yard and flower beds. The lizards?? or what ever they are have started showing up only a night and are on the walls, screens and patio furniture.

Anyone know what they are called??

Those are Geckos. Not sure what kind, but they look just like the ones we have on our house. Cool little creatures, and eat a lot of bugs. Yes, they're reptiles, and lizards, but more specifically, Geckos, which are lizards that as you've noticed, can walk on walls, windows and so on. They're native I think. Fairly common in some parts of Texas.

Got em by the thousands down here in Kyle!
My cat loves to eat them.

yep, those are geckos. gott em all over the house. rumor has it that they staged an uprising in the early eighties and ran off all of the local horny toads to new mexico. i think the toads have been planning a comeback and we should see the showdown soon oh, and don't ever look a horny toad eye to eye...

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I believe that they are Meditterain Geckos, they will help control bugs in a house, providing the cats don't catch the little critters first.

I have them too interesting little buggers aren't they..

Try & catch one & watch their tail twitch all over the place when they detach them..lol

Looks like bait!!!

they are leapord geckos

They are geckos. Growing up in Hawaii I was told they were good luck. The Captain on the boat I deck handed for kept one in the boat in a terrarium.

those are geckos

I think they sell insurance too.

Thanks everybody,

I guess I will go with the consensus. Yes they do eat bugs off the screens. I just did not know what they are. Also they change colors.

Thanks for all the replies.

Yeah, lots of Geckos have the capacity to change colors to some extent, just like Anoles, which can also climb walls and windows, and chameleons. But that type of Gecko seems to be the most common here, at least in my part of the state.

Ok Guys, I may not know as much as I thinkl I do
about snakes, but lizards....
Those are Mediterranean geckos. very prevalent
from Houston north to about Dallas. It has been
theorized by TPW that these dudes came over on a ship or ten in 50's-60's. nonetheless, they are now as indiginous to Tx. as the feral pig.
I have captured/raised probably 20 of these dudes since I moved to Tx. great pets. best way to keep them:
Leave 'em where they're at; you would not beleive how many bugs, spiders and roaches thes guys will eat. My wife even let me release five of them in our old rent house! result: no bugs
no cobwebs, etc.
In the spring you will usually find them aroud lamps, eating bugs, and making wierd noises
(male territory stuff).
They max out @ about 4", tail included.
the juveniles are about 1" and are almost clear.
Did I mention I'm a gecko freak?
And yes, I bought the insurance! LOL!
Brian