Hemidactylus platyurus (Schneider, 1797)

Cook-Price, Dawn R., Makchai, Sunchai, Naithani, Archana, Pawangkhanant, Parinya & Suwanwaree, Pongthep, 2025, Lizard survey of Ko Pha-gnan in the Surat Thani Province, Thailand, Biodiversity Data Journal 13, pp. e 154712-e 154712 : e154712-

Hemidactylus platyurus (Schneider, 1797)

Flat-tailed house gecko or frilled house gecko.

Distribution

Seven individuals were observed between two of the eight human settlement transects, one of the thirteen human disturbed forest areas and one of the eleven National Park forest transects.

Notes

Defining characteristics of this species include flattened body and distinctive frilled toe pads. Generally brown or grey in colouration with darker markings. This species feeds on a variety of insects including significant amounts of mosquitoes, other invertebrates and it has been documented eating food waste such as rice or fruit ( Tkaczenko et al. 2014, Weterings 2017).