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Spotted House Gecko
   
   

Specimen from Pulau Rawa, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia.


Specimen from Fraser's Hill, Peninsular Malaysia.


Consuming a wasp at Belum, Peninsular Malaysia.

This medium-sized gecko is easily identified by the pairs of black spots along its ventral surface, and by the black 'W' at the back of the neck. This nocturnal species occurs in primary lowland rainforests, sometimes venturing to the walls of buildings adjacent to the forest.

Its eggs are laid in pairs in the leaf litter or rotting logs, or else adhered to walls or other man-made structures.

It ranges from Southern Thailand through Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore to the islands of Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, the Moluccas, New Guinea and the Philippines.

 

 
 

The eggs are laid in pairs, and adhere to the surface of walls, crevices or caves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family : GEKKONIDAE
Species : Gekko monarchus
Size (snout to vent) : 10 cm
Size (total length) : 22 cm

References : H1, H2