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Nicobar flying gecko

Gekko nicobarensis (Das & Vijayakumar, 2009)

Status not recordedlizards

The nicobar flying gecko (Gekko nicobarensis) is a species in the family Gekkonidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 14.5 g and reach 9.05 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: India.

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Quick facts about the nicobar flying gecko

Weight
14.5 g
Length
9.05 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest
Young per litter or clutch
2
Reproduction
Eggs
Active
At night (nocturnal)
Lifestyle
Arboreal
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the nicobar flying gecko?

NICOBAR FLYING GECKO · LENGTH 9.05 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 9.05 cm, the recorded maximum length of the nicobar flying gecko is about 5.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the nicobar flying 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 nicobar flying gecko is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. India

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the nicobar flying 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 nicobar flying gecko classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyGekkonidae
  6. genusGekko
  7. SpeciesGekko nicobarensis (Das & Vijayakumar, 2009)

Synonyms Ptychozoon homalocephalum, Ptychozoon kuhli, Ptychozoon nicobarensis

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Nicobar gliding geckoEnglish
  • Nicobar Parachute geckoEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the nicobar flying 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 nicobar flying gecko?

An adult nicobar flying gecko weighs 14.5 g and measures 9.05 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the nicobar flying gecko live?

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

What kind of animal is the nicobar flying gecko?

The nicobar flying gecko (Gekko nicobarensis) 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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BibTeX
@misc{nicobar_flying_gecko_2026,
  title = {Nicobar flying gecko (Gekko nicobarensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/nicobar-flying-gecko},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}