Afrogecko porphyreus has a mottled, greyish body, a long tail and sometimes a pale stripe along its back.

It is an adaptable little forager, hiding under debris, beneath bark, among rocks and even in city houses.

These geckos eat large numbers of small insects, so a population of them living on one's property serves as a natural form of pest-control.

However, domestic cats commonly kill large numbers of these little lizards, sometimes exterminating them in a local area.

They also are preyed upon by species of spiders in the genus Palystes, that may be more effective gecko predators than cats are.