#1789 · 🦎 reptiles
Spotted House Gecko
Hemidactylus parvimaculatus
📍 Hoige Bail Road, Mangaluru, Karnataka 575006, India
📍 Sam Houston Park, Houston, TX, US
📍 City Park, New Orleans, LA, USA
📍 Biloxi, MS 39530, USA
📍 Reynosa, MX-TM, MX
📍 2-11, Moodbidri, Karnataka 574227, India
📍 Sri Lanka
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Hans Holbrook · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Chayant Gonsalves · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © natur12 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Hoige Bail Road, Mangaluru, Karnataka 575006, India:© po-po-pro · CC BY 4.0
- 5. Sam Houston Park, Houston, TX, US:© Sonorabee · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. City Park, New Orleans, LA, USA:© Adam J. Searcy · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Biloxi, MS 39530, USA:© Dakota Parish · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Reynosa, MX-TM, MX:© José Francisco Colorado-Dapa · CC BY 4.0
- 9. 2-11, Moodbidri, Karnataka 574227, India:© Dheemanth Bhandarkar · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Sri Lanka:© Vihansith Kulatunga · CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Spotted house Gecko , Hemidactylus parvimaculatus , is a species of gecko.
base stats
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.
- 4,729 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Spotted House Gecko
- scientific name
- Hemidactylus parvimaculatus
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Squamata
- family
- Gekkonidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,729
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Gekkonidae
#1485 📷 7Mediterranean House Gecko
🇳🇱 Europese Tjitjak
Hemidactylus turcicus
LC 👀 1 in NL
#1496 📷 7Asian House Gecko
🇳🇱 Tjiktjak
Hemidactylus frenatus
LC 🌍 50.5k seen
#1499 📷 8Tropical House Gecko
🇳🇱 Afrikaanse Huisgekko
Hemidactylus mabouia
LC 🌍 34.4k seen
#1648 📷 7Flat-tailed House Gecko
🇳🇱 Platstaartgekko
Hemidactylus platyurus
LC 🌍 17.6k seen
#1651 📷 10Tokay Gecko
🇳🇱 Tokeh
Gekko gecko
LC 🌍 17.2k seen
#1511 📷 10Gold Dust Day Gecko
🇳🇱 Goudstofdaggekko
Phelsuma laticauda
LC 🌍 13.3k seen
#1514 📷 8Mourning Gecko
🇳🇱 Rouwgekko
Lepidodactylus lugubris
LC 🌍 12.5k seen
#1700 📷 8Common Dwarf Gecko
🇳🇱 Cape dwarf gecko
Lygodactylus capensis
LC 🌍 9.3k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 34517, Wikidata Q3130111, GBIF 5843310, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.