Common House Gecko
Hemidactylus frenatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyGekkonidae (Gecònids)
- GenusHemidactylus (House Geckos)
- SpeciesHemidactylus frenatus (Common House Gecko)
Closest Relatives at Minneriya National Park
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Common House Gecko in Minneriya National Park?
About 21% of visitor-days record a Common House Gecko sighting in Minneriya National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common House Gecko in Minneriya National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Common House Gecko in Minneriya National Park in our monthly data.