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Kwangsi gecko

Gekko kwangsiensis Yang, 2015

Status not recordedlizards

The kwangsi gecko (Gekko kwangsiensis) is a species in the family Gekkonidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 5.92 g and reach 6.55 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: China.

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Quick facts about the kwangsi gecko

Weight
5.92 g
Length
6.55 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 kwangsi gecko?

KWANGSI GECKO · LENGTH 6.55 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 6.55 cm, the recorded maximum length of the kwangsi gecko is about 3.9% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the kwangsi 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 kwangsi 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 kwangsi 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 kwangsi gecko classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyGekkonidae
  6. genusGekko
  7. SpeciesGekko kwangsiensis Yang, 2015
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • 广西壁虎Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the kwangsi gecko

Other species in the same genus Gekko.

Hokou gecko

Gekko hokouensis

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the kwangsi gecko?

An adult kwangsi gecko weighs 5.92 g and measures 6.55 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the kwangsi gecko live?

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

What kind of animal is the kwangsi gecko?

The kwangsi gecko (Gekko kwangsiensis) 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). Kwangsi gecko (Gekko kwangsiensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/kwangsi-gecko

MLA

“Kwangsi gecko (Gekko kwangsiensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/kwangsi-gecko.

BibTeX
@misc{kwangsi_gecko_2026,
  title = {Kwangsi gecko (Gekko kwangsiensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/kwangsi-gecko},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}