#1820 · 🦎 reptiles

Marbled Leaf-toed Gecko

🇳🇱 Bladvingergekko ·Afrogecko porphyreus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Paul Carter · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Bionerds PTY Ltd · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Alex Rebelo · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Alex Rebelo · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Colin Ralston · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Colin Ralston · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Oosetersee, Cape Town, South Africa:© Ockert van Schalkwyk · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Kingfisher Country House, Wilderness, Western Cape, South Africa:© Heather and Andrew Hodgson · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Oostersee, Cape Town, South Africa:© Ockert van Schalkwyk · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Bostonbraai, Bellville, RSA:© Gerald Wingate · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The marbled leaf-toed gecko ( Afrogecko porphyreus ) is a gecko found in southern and southwestern South Africa (including many offshore islands) and in Namibia. It is a flat, medium-sized gecko.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,816iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,816 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by François Marie Daudin in 1802 (224 years ago).