Flat-tailed House Gecko
Hemidactylus platyurus
The adult flat-tailed house gecko lives on tree trunks, building walls, and among vegetation across tropical Southeast Asia. Nocturnal individuals hunt insects, spiders, and other small invertebrates, often waiting motionless before lunging. Fringed skin along the body and tail breaks up its outline against bark and allows controlled short glides between surfaces.
- Type
- Stealth
- Conservation status
- LC
Growth chain
- ?
- Flat-tailed House Gecko