Streak lizard
Gonatodes vittatus (Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856)
Status not recordedlizards
The streak lizard (Gonatodes vittatus) is a species in the family Sphaerodactylidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 790.9 mg and reach 3.17 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the streak lizard
- Weight
- 790.9 mgsrc for Weight
- Length
- 3 cm – 3.17 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 3 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1 – 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 11 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 7 – 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 streak lizard?
Where does the streak lizard live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the streak lizard as introduced in 4 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.
- Arubainvasive
- Curaçaoinvasive
- French Guiana
- Venezuela
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 streak lizard 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 streak lizard classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familySphaerodactylidae
- genusGonatodes
- SpeciesGonatodes vittatus (Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856)
Synonyms Gonatodes gillii, Gymnodactylus vittatus
Other names and names in other languages (12)
- Striped clawed geckoEnglish
- White-banded geckoEnglish
- Wiegmann's striped geckoEnglish
- Hvidbåndet NøgenfingergekkoDanish
- Weißband-ZwerggeckoGerman
- Wiegmanns StreifengeckoGerman
- Zwerg-StreifengeckoGerman
- LimpiacasaSpanish
- Tuqueque RayadoSpanish
- Gonatode à bande blancheFrench
- PegapegaPapiamento
- Полосатый углопалый гекконRussian
Relatives of the streak lizard
Other species in the same genus Gonatodes.
Yellow-headed gecko
Gonatodes albogularis
Timor gecko
Gonatodes humeralis
Shieldhead gecko
Gonatodes caudiscutatus
O'Shaughnessy's gecko
Gonatodes concinnatus
Annulated gecko
Gonatodes annularis
Antilles gecko
Gonatodes antillensis
CompareStreak lizard vs Yellow-headed geckoStreak lizard vs Timor geckoStreak lizard vs Shieldhead geckoStreak lizard vs O'Shaughnessy's gecko
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the streak lizard?
An adult streak lizard weighs 790.9 mg and measures 3 cm – 3.17 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the streak lizard an invasive species?
In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the streak lizard as invasive in 2 countries: Aruba and Curaçao. It lists it as introduced in 4 in all.
What kind of animal is the streak lizard?
The streak lizard (Gonatodes vittatus) 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 - 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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