Hemidactylus leschenaultii
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Leschenault's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus leschenaultii) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to South Asia and parts of West Asia. It is often found inside homes. Its scientific name commemorates French botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour.
H. leschenaultii has the following characters. Snout longer than the distance between the eye and the ear-opening, 1.33 to 1.40 times the diameter of the orbit; forehead concave, the supraorbital ridges prominent in full-grown specimens; ear-opening rather large, oval, vertical. Body and limbs moderate. A slight fold of the skin on the side of the belly, from axilla to groin. Digits free, strongly dilated, inner well developed; 6 or 7 (rarely 5) lamellae under the inner digits, 9 to 11 under the median. Head covered with minute granules posteriorly, with larger ones anteriorly; rostral four-sided, not twice as broad as deep, with median cleft above; nostril pierced between the rostral, three nasals, and generally the first labial; 10 to 12 upper and 8 or 9 lower labials; mental large, triangular or pentagonal; two pairs of chin-shields, the inner the larger and in contact behind... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Bark Gecko sighting in Minneriya National Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 19 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Bark Gecko in Minneriya National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, May and September, the lowest months. That is one of Minneriya National Park's wettest months, with about 230 mm of rain against 20 mm in June.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bark 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.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Bark Gecko sightings, Minneriya National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Wilpattu National Park (Sri Lanka, about 50%).
Same genus: Hemidactylus
The closest relatives of the Bark Gecko that you can see in Minneriya National Park (genus Hemidactylus, House Geckos) are Common House Gecko (about 30%), Spotted House Gecko (about 20%) and Kandyan Gecko (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bark Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Minneriya National Park (22 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.
