Tropical house gecko: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the tropical house gecko lives – recorded in 33 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Hemidactylus mabouia
Group	Lizards, geckos & tuatara
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	33 countries
Continents	Africa, North America, South America
Class	Reptile
Order	Squamata
Family	Gekkonidae

Where does the tropical house gecko live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the tropical house gecko in 33 countries and territories across Africa, North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Belém, Brazil. In Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Peru, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Brazil
United States
South Africa
Kenya
Colombia (introduced)
Martinique
Guadeloupe
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (introduced)
Trinidad and Tobago (introduced)
Puerto Rico
Argentina (introduced)
French Guiana
Tanzania
Zimbabwe
Mozambique
Réunion
Dominican Republic
Congo
Cayman Islands (introduced)
Paraguay (introduced)
Zambia
Sao Tome and Principe
Cuba (introduced)
Peru (introduced)
Bahamas
Suriname
Cameroon
Gabon
Jamaica (introduced)
Montserrat
Malawi
Uganda
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (introduced)

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the tropical house gecko endangered?

The tropical house gecko’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the tropical house gecko?

The tropical house gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia) is a reptile in the order Squamata and the family Gekkonidae, genus Hemidactylus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the tropical house gecko

The tropical house gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia), also called the cosmopolitan house gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to sub-Saharan Africa. However, it is also found in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean, where it has been inadvertently introduced by humans.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Tropical house gecko (revision 1354926478), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2703241 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).