Hemidactylus brookii
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Hemidactylus brookii, also known commonly as Brooke's house gecko and the spotted house gecko, is a widespread species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The specific name, brookii, is in honor of British adventurer James Brooke.
Snout somewhat longer than the distance between the eye and the ear-opening, nearly twice the diameter of the orbit; forehead concave; ear-opening small, oval, vertical, about one third the diameter of the eye; on the occiput very small round tubercles. Rostral quadrangular, with a median cleft; nostril bordered by the rostral, the first upper labial and three nasals, the upper not in contact with its fellow. Eight to ten upper and seven to nine lower labials; mental large, triangular; two or three pair of chin-shields, median forming - a suture. Scales of the throat granular. Body covered with small granules, intermixed with large keeled trihedral tubercles, arranged in 16-20 longitudinal series, the keels of the outer ones indistinct; the diameter of the largest tubercles on the flanks exceeds the diameter of the ear-opening. Ventral scales larger
than those on the throat, cycloid, imbricate. Male with 7-20 femoral pores... Wikipedia →
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brooke's House Gecko sighting in Hong Kong on a given day, based on 44 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 17th most-seen of the 43 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brooke's House Gecko in Hong Kong on a given day, against under 5% in October, the lowest month.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brooke's House Gecko sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
4th of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Brooke's House Gecko sightings, Hong Kong ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Zhuhai [Macau] (China, about 30%), Tuen Mun (China, about 20%) and Manila (Philippines, about 10%).
Same genus: Hemidactylus
The closest relatives of the Brooke's House Gecko that you can see in Hong Kong (genus Hemidactylus, House Geckos) are Oriental Leaf-toed Gecko (about 20%), Garnot's House Gecko (about 20%) and Common House Gecko (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brooke's House Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Hong Kong (44 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.
