Yellow-headed gecko
Gonatodes albogularis (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
Status not recordedlizards
The yellow-headed gecko (Gonatodes albogularis) 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 yellow-headed gecko
- Weight
- 1.87 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 3.75 cm – 4.07 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- 5.6 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- 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
- 1 – 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 5 months – 11.5 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 3 – 13src 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 yellow-headed gecko?
Where does the yellow-headed gecko live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the yellow-headed gecko as introduced in 3 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.
- Cubainvasive
- Cayman Islands
- United States
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 yellow-headed 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 yellow-headed gecko classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familySphaerodactylidae
- genusGonatodes
- SpeciesGonatodes albogularis (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
Synonyms Gonatodes bodinii, Goniodactylus braconnieri, Gymnodactylus albogularis, Gymnodactylus maculatus, Gymnodactylus notatus, Stenodactylus fuscus
Other names and names in other languages (16)
- White-throated clawed geckoEnglish
- White-throated geckoEnglish
- gekon žlutohlavýCzech
- Gulhovedet NøgenfingergekkoDanish
- Gelbkopf-GeckoGerman
- Weisskehl-GeckoGerman
- LimpiacasaSpanish
- Geco cabeza amarillaSpanish
- Geco de cabeza amarillaSpanish
- Salamanqueja azulSpanish
- Gonatode à gorge blancheFrench
- Geco testagiallaItalian
- GeelkopgekkoDutch
- GeelkopdaggekkoDutch
- PegapegaPapiamento
- Белогорлый углопалый гекконRussian
Relatives of the yellow-headed gecko
Other species in the same genus Gonatodes.
Timor gecko
Gonatodes humeralis
Streak lizard
Gonatodes vittatus
Shieldhead gecko
Gonatodes caudiscutatus
O'Shaughnessy's gecko
Gonatodes concinnatus
Annulated gecko
Gonatodes annularis
Antilles gecko
Gonatodes antillensis
CompareYellow-headed gecko vs Timor geckoYellow-headed gecko vs Streak lizardYellow-headed gecko vs Shieldhead geckoYellow-headed gecko vs O'Shaughnessy's gecko
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the yellow-headed gecko?
An adult yellow-headed gecko weighs 1.87 g and measures 3.75 cm – 4.07 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the yellow-headed gecko live?
The yellow-headed gecko has a recorded lifespan of 5.6 years.
Is the yellow-headed gecko an invasive species?
In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the yellow-headed gecko as invasive in 1 country: Cuba. It lists it as introduced in 3 in all.
What kind of animal is the yellow-headed gecko?
The yellow-headed gecko (Gonatodes albogularis) 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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