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Jinsha gecko

Gekko jinjiangensis Hou, Shi, Wang, Shu, Zheng, Qi, Liu, Jiang & Xie, 2021

Status not recordedlizards

The jinsha gecko (Gekko jinjiangensis) is a species in the family Gekkonidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 3.83 g and reach 5.6 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: China.

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Quick facts about the jinsha gecko

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

How big is the jinsha gecko?

JINSHA GECKO · LENGTH 5.6 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5.6 cm, the recorded maximum length of the jinsha gecko is about 3.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the jinsha 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 jinsha 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 jinsha 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 jinsha gecko classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyGekkonidae
  6. genusGekko
  7. SpeciesGekko jinjiangensis Hou, Shi, Wang, Shu, Zheng, Qi, Liu, Jiang & Xie, 2021
Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • 金江壁虎Chinese
  • Jin Jiang Bi Hu (金江壁虎)Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the jinsha 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 jinsha gecko?

An adult jinsha gecko weighs 3.83 g and measures 5.6 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the jinsha gecko live?

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

What kind of animal is the jinsha gecko?

The jinsha gecko (Gekko jinjiangensis) 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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CreatureData. (2026). Jinsha gecko (Gekko jinjiangensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/jinsha-gecko

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BibTeX
@misc{jinsha_gecko_2026,
  title = {Jinsha gecko (Gekko jinjiangensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/jinsha-gecko},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}