#1555 · 🦎 reptiles

Kotschy's Gecko

🇳🇱 Naaktvingergekko ·Mediodactylus kotschyi

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Stamatis Kalogiannis · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Laurent Barthe · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Standa Pavouk · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Ryan van Huyssteen · CC BY 4.0
5. © yotis · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © gp_chiatante · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Jan Grathwohl · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © g-natural · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Kseniia Marianna Prondzynska · CC BY 4.0
10. © Gökhan EREN · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Kotschy's gecko ( Mediodactylus kotschyi ) is a species of gecko native to southeastern Europe and the Middle East. It is named in honour of the Austrian botanist and explorer Karl Georg Theodor Kotschy.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,271iNaturalist 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.
2,271 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Franz Steindachner in 1870 (156 years ago).