Hemidactylus craspedotus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Hemidactylus craspedotus, also known as Mocquard's house gecko, frilled gecko, or frilly house gecko, is a species of gecko. It is found in southeast Asia: Malay Peninsula (southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Singapore), Tioman Island, Sumatra, and Borneo. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Frilled Gecko sighting in Singapore on a given day, based on 38 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 41st most-seen of the 64 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–June and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Frilled Gecko in Singapore on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and July–October, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Frilled Gecko sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Singapore, in our data
Singapore is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Frilled Gecko sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Hemidactylus
The closest relatives of the Frilled Gecko that you can see in Singapore (genus Hemidactylus, House Geckos) are Common House Gecko (about 20%) and Flat-tailed House Gecko (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Frilled Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Singapore (38 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.
