Where has the Cosmopolitan House Gecko been recorded?

Hemidactylus mabouia occurrence evidence comes from 2,757 records in 71 countries and territories, from 1876 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

2,757 records
71 places
88 years recorded
Squamata class

Squamata Gekkonidae Hemidactylus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

2,757 records across 71 countries and territories, 1876–2026.

Hemidactylus mabouia · GBIF taxon key 5959942

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: June.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: June. 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.

Records over time

18762026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Cosmopolitan House Gecko has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Cosmopolitan House Gecko. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

Place	Records	Share
United States	655
Brazil	306
Kenya	272
Mozambique	177
South Africa	160
ZZ	157
Puerto Rico	135
Anguilla	87
Angola	65
Cameroon	54
Cuba	51
Somalia	48
São Tomé & Príncipe	46
Congo	35
Uganda	34
Tanzania	33
Guyana	31
DR Congo	29
Madagascar	29
Trinidad & Tobago	29
Equatorial Guinea	28
Gabon	25
Curaçao	24
Ghana	20
Zimbabwe	19
Cayman Islands	16
Montserrat	12
US Virgin Islands	12
Nigeria	11
Dominican Republic	10
Suriname	10
Malawi	9
Benin	8
Uruguay	8
Colombia	7
Peru	7
Bolivia	6
Jamaica	6
St Vincent & the Grenadines	6
British Virgin Islands	6

Showing the top 40 of 71 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Gekkonidae.

Micronesian Scaly-toed Gecko

588 records

Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. 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.