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Toko Narrow-disked Gecko

Gekko gecko

Toko Narrow-disked Gecko
Photo: Navapol Komanasin · (c) Navapol Komanasin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0

This large gecko is active at night. Its blue-gray body has red or orange spots.[3]

Size and lifespan

Body length
maximum in a source 22 cm[4]
Body length
female Reported size 12.969999999999999 cm[4]

Appearance

It has a robust body, blue-gray skin with red or orange spots, vertical pupils and toe pads that help it cling to vertical surfaces.[3]

Life

It climbs trees and rocks at night and eats insects and small vertebrates.[3]

Samples from 24 wild and 30 captive geckos showed greater gut-microbiota diversity in the captive group, and the groups also differed in community composition.[2]

Places

Native range · South Asia to Southeast Asia and western New Guinea[3]

Its native range extends from northeastern India through Southeast Asia to western New Guinea.

Sources

  1. Catalogue of Life 2026-09-25 XR

    Catalogue of Life · 2026-10-13

  2. Comparison of Gut Microbiota Diversity Between Captive and Wild Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko)

    Frontiers in Microbiology 13:897923 · 2026-10-25

  3. Tokay gecko — species description and native range

    Wikipedia · 2026-10-25

  4. ReptTraits v4: reported total, snout–vent and straight carapace lengths (Oskyrko et al., 2024)

    Oskyrko, Mi, Meiri and Du / Figshare · 2026-10-27

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