Hemidactylus frenatus (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)

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 frenatus (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)

Common house gecko.

Distribution

This species is prevalent throughout the sland. A total of 38 individuals were detected on surveys not including the four that reside in the author’s residence. This species was detected in five of the thirteen human disturbed forest areas, six of the eleven National Park forest transects and three of the eight human settlement transects.

Notes

This species (Fig. 5 ) is commonly found throughout human settlement areas. Diet consists of a variety of insects including mosquitoes and other small invertebrates as they are an opportunistic generalist predator. This species is very well adapted to human disturbed areas including in and around houses and other buildings ( Tkaczenko et al. 2014).

Figures

Figure 5. Gekkonidae lizards. A, B Cnemaspis chanardi (photo credit: James Covert); C Gekko gecko (photo credit: Vikas Kumar); D, E Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus; F Hemidactylus frenatus; G Cyrtodactylus zebraicus; H Hemidactylus frenatus; I Hemidactylus platyurus; J, K Gekko (Ptychozoon) kuhli.