Shieldhead gecko
Gonatodes caudiscutatus (Günther, 1859)
Status not recordedlizards
The shieldhead gecko (Gonatodes caudiscutatus) is a species in the family Sphaerodactylidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 2 g and reach 3.84 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the shieldhead gecko
- Weight
- 2 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 3.84 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 10 – 12src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the shieldhead gecko?
Where does the shieldhead gecko live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the shieldhead gecko as introduced in 1 country.
Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).
Is the shieldhead 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 shieldhead gecko classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familySphaerodactylidae
- genusGonatodes
- SpeciesGonatodes caudiscutatus (Günther, 1859)
Synonyms Gonatodes collaris, Gymnodactylus caudiscutatus, Gymnodactylus panamae
Other names and names in other languages (2)
- Skælhalet NøgenfingergekkoDanish
- Чешуехвостый углопалый гекконRussian
Relatives of the shieldhead gecko
Other species in the same genus Gonatodes.
Yellow-headed gecko
Gonatodes albogularis
Timor gecko
Gonatodes humeralis
Streak lizard
Gonatodes vittatus
O'Shaughnessy's gecko
Gonatodes concinnatus
Annulated gecko
Gonatodes annularis
Antilles gecko
Gonatodes antillensis
CompareShieldhead gecko vs Yellow-headed geckoShieldhead gecko vs Timor geckoShieldhead gecko vs Streak lizardShieldhead gecko vs O'Shaughnessy's gecko
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the shieldhead gecko?
An adult shieldhead gecko weighs 2 g and measures 3.84 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the shieldhead gecko an invasive species?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the shieldhead gecko as introduced in 1 country: Ecuador, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.
What kind of animal is the shieldhead gecko?
The shieldhead gecko (Gonatodes caudiscutatus) 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.
- 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 - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - 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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