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    Species Accepted

    Hemidactylus frenatus Duméril & Bibron, 1836

    Bridled house gecko

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 48 countries or islands

      48 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      AustraliaYes
      BelizeNo
      ColombiaNo
      Costa RicaYes
      EcuadorNo
      EcuadorNoUnknown
      EcuadorNo
      EcuadorYes
      FijiNo
      Micronesia, Federated States ofNoUnknown

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      13 results
      Asiatischer Hausgecko German
      Bridled house gecko English
      Chichak English
      Common House Gecko English
      Gecko bridé (Le) French
      Gewöhnlicher Halbfingergecko German
      South Asian House Gecko English
      Tjictjac French
      Tuqueque Spanish
      largarrabo Spanish

      Treatments

      8 results

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      525 results
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      RIDHA, MOHAMMAD ALI; MIRZA DIKARI KUSRINI, ANI MARDIASTUTI & NANCY KARRAKER. (2021). The amphibians and reptiles of Rawa Aopa Watumohai national park, southeast Sulawesi. Media Konservasi 26 (2): 128–138.
      Marcellini, D. L. (1971). Activity Patterns of the Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus. Copeia 1971 (4): 631-635.
      Swan, G., Sadlier, R., & Shea, G. (2017). A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 Pp.
      Khandakar, N., Jeny, K. N. and Das, D. K. (2020). Limb-loss in a common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus Dumeril and Bibron 1836) from Bangladesh. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 26: 240.
      Karthik, P., & Ayuthavel Kalaimani, R. N. (2018). An inventory on herpetofauna with emphasis on conservation from Gingee Hills, Eastern-Ghats, Southern India. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology 7 (1): 2-16.
      Jaman, M.F., Rabbe, M.F., Alam, M.M. et al. (2025). Herpetofaunal diversity and community structure across different habitats around a Ramsar wetland in Bangladesh. Discov Life 55, 27.
      Parmar, Dikansh S. and Shantilal K. Tank. (2019). Herpetofauna of Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, India. Ircf 26 (1): 21–34.
      HARTMANN, Timo; Flora IHLOW, Sarah EDWARDS, SOVATH Sothanin, Markus HANDSCHUH and Wolfgang BÖHME. (2013). A Preliminary Annotated Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary in Northern Cambodia. Asian Herpetological Research 4 (1): 36–55.
      Norman, Bradford R. (2003). A new geographical record for the introduced house gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus, at Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico, with notes on other species observed. Bull. Chicago Herp. Soc. 38(5):98-100 [Erratum in 38(7):145].

      Citation

      Hemidactylus frenatus Duméril & Bibron, 1836 in undefined