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Panay limestone gecko

Gekko ernstkelleri Rösler, Siler, Brown, Demeglio & Gaulke, 2006

Status not recordedlizards

The panay limestone gecko (Gekko ernstkelleri) is a species in the family Gekkonidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 10 g and reach 7.92 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Philippines.

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Quick facts about the panay limestone gecko

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

How big is the panay limestone gecko?

PANAY LIMESTONE GECKO · LENGTH 7.92 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 7.92 cm, the recorded maximum length of the panay limestone gecko is about 4.7% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the panay limestone 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 panay limestone 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 panay limestone 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 panay limestone gecko classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyGekkonidae
  6. genusGekko
  7. SpeciesGekko ernstkelleri Rösler, Siler, Brown, Demeglio & Gaulke, 2006

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the panay limestone 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 panay limestone gecko?

An adult panay limestone gecko weighs 10 g and measures 7.92 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the panay limestone gecko live?

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

What kind of animal is the panay limestone gecko?

The panay limestone gecko (Gekko ernstkelleri) 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). Panay limestone gecko (Gekko ernstkelleri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/panay-limestone-gecko

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{panay_limestone_gecko_2026,
  title = {Panay limestone gecko (Gekko ernstkelleri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/panay-limestone-gecko},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}