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#1601 · 🦎 reptiles

Mediterranean Thin-toed Gecko

Mediodactylus danilewskii

🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL
Mediterranean Thin-toed Gecko, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © diliangeorgiev · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Mediterranean thin-toed gecko ( Mediodactylus danilewskii ) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. It is found in Bulgaria, Ukraine, Turkey, and Greece. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of Kotschy's gecko.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 486iNaturalist observations

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.
  • 486 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Mediterranean Thin-toed Gecko
scientific name
Mediodactylus danilewskii
class
Reptilia
order
Squamata
family
Gekkonidae
sightings in NL
0
sightings in Europe
354
sightings worldwide
486
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Gekkonidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 738117, Wikidata Q113290926, GBIF 11165726, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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