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Painted leopard gecko

Eublepharis pictus Mirza & Gnaneswar, 2022

Status not recordedlizards

The painted leopard gecko (Eublepharis pictus) is a species in the family Eublepharidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 34 g and reach 11.7 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: India.

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Quick facts about the painted leopard gecko

Weight
34 g
Length
11.7 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
At night (nocturnal)
Lifestyle
Terrestrial
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the painted leopard gecko?

PAINTED LEOPARD GECKO · LENGTH 11.7 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 11.7 cm, the recorded maximum length of the painted leopard gecko is about 6.9% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the painted leopard 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 painted leopard gecko is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. India

Is the painted leopard 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 painted leopard gecko classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyEublepharidae
  6. genusEublepharis
  7. SpeciesEublepharis pictus Mirza & Gnaneswar, 2022

Synonyms Eublepharis hardwickii

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • 圖紋豹紋守宮Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the painted leopard gecko

Other species in the same genus Eublepharis.

LC, Least Concern
Leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius)

Leopard gecko

Eublepharis macularius

Eublepharidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the painted leopard gecko?

An adult painted leopard gecko weighs 34 g and measures 11.7 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the painted leopard gecko live?

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

What kind of animal is the painted leopard gecko?

The painted leopard gecko (Eublepharis pictus) belongs to the family Eublepharidae 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). Painted leopard gecko (Eublepharis pictus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/painted-leopard-gecko

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{painted_leopard_gecko_2026,
  title = {Painted leopard gecko (Eublepharis pictus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/painted-leopard-gecko},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}