Spotted House Gecko

Spotted House Gecko

Hemidactylus parvimaculatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Sinharaja Forest Reserve

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
10–20
Feb
<5
Mar
20–30
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
30–40
Sep
40–50
Oct
20–30
Nov
<5
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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

# Park Country Probability
1 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
10–20%
2 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
3 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
4 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
5 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
6 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Spotted House Gecko in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?

About 15% of visitor-days record a Spotted House Gecko sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, based on 6 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Spotted House Gecko in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?

October has the highest sighting rate for Spotted House Gecko in Sinharaja Forest Reserve in our monthly data.

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