Common House Gecko

• It is one of the most effective invasive species in the world among reptiles: it travels in containers and cargo, and wherever it arrives it displaces the native geckos through direct competition and aggression, a pattern documented on dozens of islands and in dozens of cities.
• Its call is unmistakable: a series of dry clicks given at night from the walls, which has earned it onomatopoeic names in several Asian languages.
• It can establish a population from a single accidentally transported egg, because the females store sperm for months and can lay several times after a single mating.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (reptile)

Habitat and environment

Buildings, walls, gardens and degraded woodland in warm regions worldwide

Size at birth

About 2 cm of body on hatching

Sexual maturity

12 months

Gestation / incubation

58 days

Litter / clutch size

2

Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemidactylus_frenatus

Best time: All year round across much of the tropics, at night, around house lights and street lamps.