Hemidactylus flaviviridis
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
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.
Anderson, J. 1871 A list of the reptilian accession to the Indian Museum, Calcutta, from 1865 to 1870, with a description of some new species. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 40, part 11(1): 12–39. Gray, J. E. 1842 Description of some new species of Reptiles, chiefly from the British Museum collection. The Zoological Miscellany: 57–59.
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 20% of wildlife watchers report a Northern House Gecko sighting in Hyderabad on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 7th most-seen of the 23 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Northern House Gecko in Hyderabad on a given day, against under 5% in March, September and November–December, the lowest months. That is one of Hyderabad's wettest months, with about 170 mm of rain against almost none in December.
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.
14th of 19
Of the 19 cities where we can rate Northern House Gecko sightings, Hyderabad ranks 14th at about 20%. The best odds are in Kuwait City (Kuwait, about 60%), Karachi (Pakistan, about 50%) and Manama (Bahrain, about 50%).
Same genus: Hemidactylus
The closest relatives of the Northern House Gecko that you can see in Hyderabad (genus Hemidactylus, House Geckos) are Bark Gecko (about 10%), Common House Gecko (about 10%) and Treutler's Gecko (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Northern House Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Hyderabad (26 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.
