Is the 'gecko' in the Geico commercials based on a real gecko?

It's obviously modeled after a species of the genus Phelsuma, but beyond that, the identity tends to meld into a generic, green day gecko. I'd say it most strongly resembles an artistically stylized giant day gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis).

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