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
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