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Where does the Turkish Gecko live?

Hemidactylus turcicus has 52,983 records in 58 countries and territories, from 1849 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

AnimaliaChordataSquamataGekkonidaeHemidactylus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. 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
United States 33,049
Spain 4,437
France 4,291
Greece 2,661
Israel 2,228
Mexico 1,660
Croatia 1,133
Italy 1,054
Türkiye 602
Portugal 435
Cyprus 292
Montenegro 254
Egypt 191
Albania 136
Monaco 84
Algeria 60
Tunisia 49
Malta 44
Argentina 33
Bosnia & Herzegovina 31
Jordan 27
Syria 26
Lebanon 25
Palestine 25
Somalia 21
Morocco 18
Gibraltar 9
Oman 9
Switzerland 8
Cuba 8
Germany 6
South Korea 5
Netherlands 5
Saudi Arabia 5
Slovenia 5
United Arab Emirates 4
Austria 4
Brazil 4
United Kingdom 4
Iraq 4

Showing the top 40 of 58 places.

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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.