Antilles gecko
Gonatodes antillensis (Lidth de Jeude, 1887)
Status not recordedlizards
The antilles gecko (Gonatodes antillensis) is a species in the family Sphaerodactylidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 1.8 g and reach 3.4 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the antilles gecko
- Weight
- 1.8 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 3.4 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- coastal, wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the antilles gecko?
Where does the antilles gecko live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the antilles gecko as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.
- Arubainvasive
Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).
Is the antilles gecko endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the antilles gecko classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familySphaerodactylidae
- genusGonatodes
- SpeciesGonatodes antillensis (Lidth de Jeude, 1887)
Synonyms Gonatodes vittatus roquensis, Gymnodactylus antillensis
Other names and names in other languages (5)
- Venezuelan coastal clawed geckoEnglish
- NacktfingergeckoGerman
- ZwavelkopjeDutch
- PegapegaPapiamento
- Антильский голопалый гекконRussian
Relatives of the antilles gecko
Other species in the same genus Gonatodes.
Yellow-headed gecko
Gonatodes albogularis
Timor gecko
Gonatodes humeralis
Streak lizard
Gonatodes vittatus
Shieldhead gecko
Gonatodes caudiscutatus
O'Shaughnessy's gecko
Gonatodes concinnatus
Annulated gecko
Gonatodes annularis
CompareAntilles gecko vs Yellow-headed geckoAntilles gecko vs Timor geckoAntilles gecko vs Streak lizardAntilles gecko vs Shieldhead gecko
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the antilles gecko?
An adult antilles gecko weighs 1.8 g and measures 3.4 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the antilles gecko an invasive species?
In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the antilles gecko as invasive in 1 country: Aruba. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.
What kind of animal is the antilles gecko?
The antilles gecko (Gonatodes antillensis) belongs to the family Sphaerodactylidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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