Hemidactylus craspedotus
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Frilled Gecko sighting in Danum Valley Conservation Area on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 31st most-seen of the 35 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.
June and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Frilled Gecko in Danum Valley Conservation Area on a given day, against under 5% in July–September and December–May, 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 Danum Valley Conservation Area, in our data
Danum Valley Conservation Area is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Frilled Gecko sightings: about 10% 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 Danum Valley Conservation Area (genus Hemidactylus, House Geckos) are Flat-tailed House Gecko (about 50%) and Common House Gecko (about 30%), 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 Danum Valley Conservation Area (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
