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Tropical House Gecko
Bernard DUPONT, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Lizards & worm lizards

Tropical House Gecko

Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau De Jonnès, 1818)

LC Least ConcernIntroduced by people

Names

EnglishTropical House Gecko
DutchAfrikaanse Huisgekko
SpanishGecko casero tropical
Chinese热带蜥虎
Scientific nameHemidactylus mabouia (Moreau De Jonnès, 1818)

About this species

The tropical house gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia), also called the cosmopolitan house gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to sub-Saharan Africa. However, it is also found in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean, where it has been inadvertently introduced by humans.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassSquamata
FamilyGekkonidae
GenusHemidactylus

In Suriname

131Records in Suriname
72iNaturalist observations
1966First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo27
  • Sipaliwini23
  • Brokopondo19
  • Para9
  • Commewijne6
  • Marowijne2
  • Nickerie2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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