They make the most fantastically unlizard-like sound whose transliteration resulted in both the word "gecko" and the word "Tokay". When you first hear it, you have to convince yourself that a lizard rather than a small child is making the sound.
They are named for their unique chirping or clicking noises, which sound like the word gecko. Geckos are the only lizards that make a clicking noise.
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