I posted a UDN.com story on the blog about an increase in snake sightings and captures. The story specifies Zhiben, but I'm sure it's the same most everywhere in the area. I'm pretty sure we had one on the porch last night, at least that's what I think caused one of the dogs to yelp in pain at 2am. When I went down to check things out, they were all looking under the washing machine. I doubt it was a gecko.