Hemidactylus parvimaculatus

Species of lizard

Hemidactylus parvimaculatus

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Family:  | Gekkonidae
Genus:  | Hemidactylus
Species:  |

H. parvimaculatus

Binomial name
Hemidactylus parvimaculatus

Deraniyagala, 1953

Synonyms[2]

* Hemidactylus brookii parvimaculatus Deraniyagala, 1953
* Hemidactylus parvimaculatus – Bauer et al., 2010; Rösler and Glaw, 2010

Hemidactylus parvimaculatus, also known as the spotted house gecko[2] or the Sri Lankan house gecko,[3] is a species of gecko from South Asia and Indian Ocean.[2]

## Description[edit]

Hemidactylus parvimaculatus can grow to 13 cm (5 in) in length. The body has many tubercles and the tail has rings of small spines. Coloration is light grey to tan; there are dark blotches that form three rows along the back. The belly is pinkish-cream.[3]

## Distribution[edit]

This gecko is found in Sri Lanka, southern India, Reunion, Mauritius and Rodrigues, Moheli (Comoro Islands), Maldives, and Mascarene Islands.[2] There are also introduced populations in Bangkok, Thailand,[3] and in the southern United States.[2]

## Ecology[edit]

In Sri Lanka, Hemidactylus parvimaculatus has been recorded to prey upon Ramanella variegata frogs[4] and insects. It can also be cannibalistic.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Hemidactylus parvimaculatus | IUCN RedList". iucnredlist.org.
2. ^ a b c d e Hemidactylus parvimaculatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 May 2021.
3. ^ a b c "Sri Lankan House Gecko". Reptiles and Amphibians of Thailand. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
4. ^ Karunarathna, DMS Suranjan & Amarasinghe, AA Thasun (2011). "Hemidactylus parvimaculatus Deraniyagala, 1953 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) feeds on Ramanella variegata (Stoliczka, 1872) (Amphibia: Microhylidae) in Sri Lanka". Taprobanica. 2 (2): 104. doi:10.4038/tapro.v2i2.3149.
5. ^ "Spotted House Gecko (Hemidactylus parvimaculatus)". Biodiversity of Sri Lanka. 25 July 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q3130111
* Wikispecies: Hemidactylus parvimaculatus
* BOLD: 535359
* CoL: 3KNDN
* EoL: 1244276
* GBIF: 5843310
* iNaturalist: 34517
* ITIS: 818714
* IUCN: 194797
* NCBI: 666680
* RD: parvimaculatus

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