Turkish gecko

Weight

2.26 g – 2.8 gsrc for Weight

Length

4.7 cm – 4.8 cmsrc for Length

Lifespan

8.4 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Carnivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

9 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

shrubland, woodlandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

52.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

1 – 3src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

8.6 months – 3 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1 – 5src for Litters or clutches a year

Reproduction

Eggssrc for Reproduction

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Brain mass

21.1 mgsrc for Brain mass

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

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.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classReptilia
4. orderSquamata
5. familyGekkonidae
6. genusHemidactylus
7. SpeciesHemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Gecko meridionalis, Gecko verrucosus, Gecko verruculatus, Gecus cyanodactylus, Hemidactylus exsul, Hemidactylus karachiensis, Hemidactylus robustus, Hemidactylus turcicus spinalis, Lacerta turcica, Lacerta turcica

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISTAXREFWikidata

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@misc{turkish_gecko_2026,
  title = {Turkish gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/turkish-gecko},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}