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Brown's gecko

Gekko athymus Brown & Alcala, 1962

Status not recordedlizards

The brown's gecko (Gekko athymus) is a species in the family Gekkonidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 20.5 g and reach 10.3 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Philippines.

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Quick facts about the brown's gecko

Weight
20.5 g
Length
10.3 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Reproduction
Eggs
Active
At night (nocturnal)
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the brown's gecko?

BROWN'S GECKO · LENGTH 10.3 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 10.3 cm, the recorded maximum length of the brown's gecko is about 6.0% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the brown's 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 brown's gecko is listed for 1 country.

Philippines
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Philippines

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the brown's 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 brown's gecko classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyGekkonidae
  6. genusGekko
  7. SpeciesGekko athymus Brown & Alcala, 1962
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Smooth-scaled narrow-disked geckoEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the brown's gecko

Other species in the same genus Gekko.

Hokou gecko

Gekko hokouensis

GekkonidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the brown's gecko?

An adult brown's gecko weighs 20.5 g and measures 10.3 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the brown's gecko live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the brown's gecko for 1 country: Philippines. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the brown's gecko?

The brown's gecko (Gekko athymus) 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). Brown's gecko (Gekko athymus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/gekko-athymus

MLA

“Brown's gecko (Gekko athymus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/gekko-athymus.

BibTeX
@misc{gekko_athymus_2026,
  title = {Brown's gecko (Gekko athymus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gekko-athymus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}