REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF THE WORLD - GECKOS

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GECKOS OF THE WORLD


A Selection of
GECKOS OF THE WORLD

John Fowler & Rachel Barnes


MADAGASCAR DAY GECKO

 

COMMON NAME

SCIENTIFIC NAME

DISTRIBUTION

Crested Gecko

Correlophus ciliatus

New Caledonia

Leopard Gecko

Eublepharis macularius

Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and  Iran

Skin-shedding Dtella

Gehyra mutilata

South Eastern and Southern Asia, and many Islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans - In Australia it is found on the Cook Islands, Christmas Island and Qld

Pacific Dtella

Gehyra oceanica

Papua New Guinea, Guam (possibly), Society Islands,,Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia,
Australia (questionable records from the islands of Torres Strait, as well as Queensland and Northern Territory), Nauru, Vanuatu, Cook Islands, Western Samoa, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Rotuma, Tonga, Indonesia, Palau
Northern Mariana Islands

Cocos (Keeling) Island - Native?
(Qld, NT? introduced?)

Tokay Gecko

Gekko gecko

Southeast Asia

Golden Gecko

Gekko badenii 

Vietnam

Kuhl's Flying Gecko

Gekko kuhli

Southern Thailand, Myanmar, India, Malaysian Peninsula ,Nicobar Islands, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Simalur), and Singapore

Yellow Headed Gecko

Gonatodes albogularis

Central and South America, Cuba, Hispaniola and Jamaica

Asian House Gecko

Hemidactylus frenatus

South East Asia but has spread to many parts of the world including Australia

Indo-Pacific Gecko

or Garnot's House Gecko

Hemidactylus garnotii

South East Asia but has spread to many parts of the world including Australia (Sydney region)

Flat Tailed Asian House Gecko

Hemidactylus platyurus

South Eastern and Southern Asia (Introduced to Cocos Islands Australia)

Mediterranean House Gecko or Turkish Gecko

Hemidactylus turcicus

Portugal, Spain , France, Italy, Albania, Greece, Cyprus), Malta, Croatia , Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Adriatic islands, Turkey (Introduced into USA and Mexico)

Indo-Pacific Slender Gecko

Hemiphyllodactylus typus

India , Sri Lanka, Chapa/Tongking, Indonesia, Thailand, West Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Oceania, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Tonga, Marquesas Islands, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Fiji Islands, Mauritius, Reunion, Rodrigues

Mourning Gecko

Lepidodactylus lugubris

widespread through the Pacific and Indian Oceans 
Australian populations are suspected of being introduced.

Madagascar Day Gecko

Phelsuma madagascariensis

East coast of Madagascar 

Fan Footed Gecko

Ptyodactylus hasselquistii

Northern Africa and western Asia

Gargoyle Gecko

Rhacodactylus auriculatus

New Caledonia

New Caledonian Giant Gecko

Rhacodactylus leachianus

New Caledonia

Beautiful Short-fingered Gecko

Stenodactylus pulcher

Saudi Arabia and Yemen

White Spotted Wall Gecko

Tarentola annularis

Saharan and sub-Saharan Africa.
It is an invasive species in Florida, USA

Helmethead Gecko

Tarentola chazalia

Western Sahara, Mauritania and Morocco

Moorish Gecko

Tarentola mauritanica

Coastal Mediterranean Regions: Portugal, Spain, Gibraltar, Balearic Islands (introduced to Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, Formentera, Cabrera), Italy, Sardinia, France, Corsica, Malta, Madeira, Azores, coastal Croatia Adriatic islands, Greece, Albania, Morocco, Western Sahara, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt

Wonder Gecko

Teratoscincus scincus

The Middle East, Central Asia, and westernmost East Asia



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Geckos of South Australia

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