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Spotted House Gecko

Hemidactylus parvimaculatus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Louisiana.January 52, February 48, March 49, April 103, May 48, June 68, July 38, August 39, September 56, October 52, November 54, December 45.
United States1,568
Louisiana1,298
Texas772
Sri Lanka229
India207
Mississippi194
Thailand121
Mexico111
Tamaulipas110
Bangkok103

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyTypical Geckos · Gekkonidae
GenusHouse Geckos · Hemidactylus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Spotted House Gecko with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.