Peters' gecko
Gonatodes petersi Donoso-Barros, 1967
Status not recordedlizards
The peters' gecko (Gonatodes petersi) is a species in the family Sphaerodactylidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 1.87 g, reach 4.07 cm in length and live up to 5.6 years.
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Quick facts about the peters' gecko
- Weight
- 1.87 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 3.65 cm – 4.07 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- 5.6 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 13 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 65 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1src for Young per litter or clutch
- Litters or clutches a year
- 12.5src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the peters' gecko?
Where does the peters' gecko live?
Not recorded
Is the peters' 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 peters' gecko classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familySphaerodactylidae
- genusGonatodes
- SpeciesGonatodes petersi Donoso-Barros, 1967
Synonyms Gonatodes fuscus
Other names and names in other languages (2)
- Gecko Manchado de PerijáSpanish
- Tuqueque Manchado de PerijáSpanish
Relatives of the peters' gecko
Other species in the same genus Gonatodes.
Yellow-headed gecko
Gonatodes albogularis
Timor gecko
Gonatodes humeralis
Streak lizard
Gonatodes vittatus
Shieldhead gecko
Gonatodes caudiscutatus
O'Shaughnessy's gecko
Gonatodes concinnatus
Annulated gecko
Gonatodes annularis
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the peters' gecko?
An adult peters' gecko weighs 1.87 g and measures 3.65 cm – 4.07 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the peters' gecko live?
The peters' gecko has a recorded lifespan of 5.6 years.
What kind of animal is the peters' gecko?
The peters' gecko (Gonatodes petersi) belongs to the family Sphaerodactylidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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