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Alpine gecko

Gekko alpinus Ma, Shi, Shen, Chang & Jiang, 2024

Status not recordedlizards

The alpine gecko (Gekko alpinus) is a species in the family Gekkonidae, order Squamata. Source checklists list it for 1 country: China.

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Quick facts about the alpine gecko

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the alpine gecko live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The alpine gecko is listed for 1 country.

China
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. China

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the alpine 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 alpine gecko classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyGekkonidae
  6. genusGekko
  7. SpeciesGekko alpinus Ma, Shi, Shen, Chang & Jiang, 2024
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • 高山壁虎 (Gāo Shān Bì Hŭ)Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the alpine gecko

Other species in the same genus Gekko.

Hokou gecko

Gekko hokouensis

GekkonidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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Where does the alpine gecko live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the alpine gecko for 1 country: China. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the alpine gecko?

The alpine gecko (Gekko alpinus) belongs to the family Gekkonidae in the order Squamata.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Alpine gecko (Gekko alpinus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/gekko-alpinus

MLA

“Alpine gecko (Gekko alpinus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/gekko-alpinus.

BibTeX
@misc{gekko_alpinus_2026,
  title = {Alpine gecko (Gekko alpinus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gekko-alpinus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}