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flat-tailed house gecko

Hemidactylus platyurus

Photo by Scott Frazier
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Field Notes

Description:

A gecko species from Asia with a depressed tail, flat inferiorly, with a sharp denticulated lateral edge (aka Cosymbotus platyurus).

Habitat:

Houses and other buildings, and surroundings. There is abundant natural, albeit disturbed, vegetation near this location.

Notes:

Species is ubiquitous roommate (human commensal) along with H. frenatus and Gekko vittatus at this location.

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Flat-tailed House Gecko

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Biota of S. Frazier's Yard at Sentani, Papua, Indonesia

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