Wednesday 29 October 2008

Flat-tailed House Gecko (Hemidactylus platyurus)

OTHER NAMES: House Gecko, Frilled House Gecko
Latin Etymology: Hemidactylus ("half toed") platyurus ("flat-tailed")

Adult Flat-tailed House Gecko (Hemidactylus platyurus) at Service Station near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - July 2016

Featured Subspecies - ?
Weight: 3.8g  /  Length: 14cm
NO UK STATUS IUCN Red List: Not Yet Evaluated 

The Flat-tailed House Gecko is a common species found throughout Malaysia in urban areas - for me it was the lizard species I saw the most often.  It was most numerous in a service station we stopped in on the way back from Malacca - a dining hall with many pillars and at each one would be sat a lizard, most of them of this species.  They are visually a very variable species and can come in patterns from a white-ish colour to a mottled pattern but maintain the flattened tail which gives them their name.

Related Species:
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
SUBSPECIES: unknown

 - Sighting Locations -
MALAYSIA - Malay - ?
A common resident.
 - MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE 2016 TRIP: Several seen in Malacca and surroundings 
SINGAPORE - A local resident
 - CAMBODIA/SINGAPORE 2019 TRIP:Several at throughout.

Further Notes: BirdForum Opus IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto

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