Northern House Gecko

Northern House Gecko

Hemidactylus flaviviridis

Silhouette: Alex Slavenko · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
at Jammu

In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%

5 Verified sightings at Jammu
May Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Northern House Gecko

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.

Hemidactylus flaviviridis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Hemidactylus_flaviviridis... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kuwait City 🇰🇼 Kuwait
~60%
2 Karachi 🇵🇰 Pakistan
~50%
3 Manama 🇧🇭 Bahrain
~50%
4 Lahore 🇵🇰 Pakistan
~50%
5 Islamabad 🇵🇰 Pakistan
~50%
6 Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
~50%
7 Jammu 🇮🇳 India
~40%
8 Doha 🇶🇦 Qatar
~40%
9 Dubai 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
~30%
10 Prayagraj 🇮🇳 India
~20%

Closest Relatives at Jammu

No species of the same family or order lives in Jammu, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Northern House Gecko in Jammu?

Likely

About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Northern House Gecko sighting in Jammu on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Northern House Gecko in Jammu?

February and May

In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Northern House Gecko in Jammu on a given day, against about 10% in March–April, September and November, the lowest months. Those are among Jammu's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain a month against 250 mm in July. June–August and December–January have too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Northern House Gecko?

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.

Is Jammu the best place to see a Northern House Gecko?

7th of 19

Of the 19 cities where we can rate Northern House Gecko sightings, Jammu ranks 7th at about 40%. The best odds are in Kuwait City (Kuwait, about 60%), Karachi (Pakistan, about 50%) and Manama (Bahrain, about 50%).

Where does the Northern House Gecko sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Northern House Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Jammu (5 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.

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