🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Tokay gecko live?

Gekko gecko has 12,372 records in 26 countries and territories, from 1867 to 2026. Most records come from Indonesia.

Tokay gecko
Tokay gecko — Photo: Gerard Chartier · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataSquamataGekkonidaeGekko

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Indonesia 6,238
Thailand 2,327
Philippines 1,160
United States 637
Vietnam 477
Cambodia 400
Malaysia 187
Myanmar 185
China 180
India 157
Laos 133
Timor-Leste 76
Hong Kong 61
Bangladesh 52
Martinique 45
Singapore 32
Taiwan 6
Australia 4
Guadeloupe 4
Belize 3
Curaçao 3
Bhutan 1
Germany 1
Sri Lanka 1
Nepal 1
Réunion 1

Related animals

Others in the family Gekkonidae.

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17,226 records
Gold dust day gecko
Gold dust day gecko
10,319 records
Stump-Toed Gecko
Stump-Toed Gecko
7,026 records
Ocean Gecko
Ocean Gecko
3,163 records
Pelagic Gecko
Pelagic Gecko
2,212 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.