Bark gecko
Hemidactylus leschenaultii Duméril & Bibron, 1836
Status not recordedlizards
The bark gecko (Hemidactylus leschenaultii) is a species in the family Gekkonidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 3.9 g and reach 8.5 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the bark gecko
- Weight
- 3.9 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 5.63 cm – 8.5 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 64 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1 – 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 12 months – 18 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the bark gecko?
Where does the bark gecko live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bark gecko as introduced in 1 country.
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 bark 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 bark gecko classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyGekkonidae
- genusHemidactylus
- SpeciesHemidactylus leschenaultii Duméril & Bibron, 1836
Synonyms Hemidactylus bellii, Hemidactylus kelaartii, Hemidactylus marmoratus, Hemidactylus pustulosus
Other names and names in other languages (8)
- (Indian) bark geckoEnglish
- Leschenault's leaf-toed geckoEnglish
- Leschenault’s geckoEnglish
- Dragó de Dits Foliars d'en LeschenaultCatalan
- Tamarind-halvfingergekkoDanish
- RindengeckoGerman
- Leschenault‘s BlattfingergeckoGerman
- Leschenaults HalbfingergeckoGerman
Relatives of the bark gecko
Other species in the same genus Hemidactylus.
Chichak
Hemidactylus frenatus
Turkish gecko
Hemidactylus turcicus
Fox gecko
Hemidactylus garnotii
Yellow-belly gecko
Hemidactylus flaviviridis
Asian house gecko
Hemidactylus platyurus
Brook's house gecko
Hemidactylus brookii
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the bark gecko?
An adult bark gecko weighs 3.9 g and measures 5.63 cm – 8.5 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the bark gecko an invasive species?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bark gecko as introduced in 1 country: Oman, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.
What kind of animal is the bark gecko?
The bark gecko (Hemidactylus leschenaultii) belongs to the family Gekkonidae 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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