Common House Gecko
Hemidactylus frenatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyGekkonidae (Gecònids)
- GenusHemidactylus (House Geckos)
- SpeciesHemidactylus frenatus (Common House Gecko)
Closest Relatives at Sinharaja Forest Reserve
Spotted House Gecko
Hemidactylus parvimaculatus
Kandyan Gecko
Hemidactylus depressus
Mutilating Gecko
Gehyra mutilata
Dark-collared Bent-toed Gecko
Cyrtodactylus cracens
Galle Round-eyed Gecko
Cnemaspis silvula
Rakwana Round-eyed Gecko
Cnemaspis pulchra
Common Dwarf Gecko
Hemiphyllodactylus typus
Mourning Gecko
Lepidodactylus lugubris
Molligoda's Day Gecko
Cnemaspis molligodai
📅 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 Sinharaja Forest Reserve?
About 19% of visitor-days record a Common House Gecko sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, based on 9 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common House Gecko in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?
January has the highest sighting rate for Common House Gecko in Sinharaja Forest Reserve in our monthly data.