Hemidactylus flaviviridis
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Hemidactylus flaviviridis is a species of gecko. It is known as the yellow-belly gecko or northern house gecko. Its range includes Egypt (Ismailia, Sinai), Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Argentina, Socotra Island (Yemen), northern Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia, and Eritrea. The type locality is Massawa Island, Abyssinia.
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Mahendra, B. C. 1935 Sexual dimorphism in the Indian House-gecko Hemidactylus flaviviridis Ruppel. Current Science Bangalore 4, 178–179. Rüppell, E. 1835 Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig, entdeckt und beschrieben. Amphibien. S. Schmerber, Frankfurt a. M.
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Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Northern House Gecko sighting in Dubai on a given day, based on 60 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the most-seen of the 6 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and September
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Northern House Gecko in Dubai on a given day, against about 10% in February, the lowest month.
Between 5 and 8 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Northern House Gecko sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
9th of 19
Of the 19 cities where we can rate Northern House Gecko sightings, Dubai ranks 9th at about 30%. The best odds are in Kuwait City (Kuwait, about 60%), Karachi (Pakistan, about 50%) and Manama (Bahrain, about 50%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Northern House Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Dubai (60 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
