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Spotted House Gecko

Gekko monarchus (Schlegel, 1836)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Gekko monarchus, Spotted House Gecko (in hand); female, 81mm SVL and 96 tail length. From oil-palm plantation in Upper Seruyan, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Gekko monarchus, Spotted House Gecko (in hand); female, 81mm SVL and 96 tail length. From oil-palm plantation in Upper Seruyan, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Wibowo Djatmiko (Wie146) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Image source

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Open encyclopedia reference

Gekko monarchus, also called the spotted house gecko, is a species of gecko found in the Malay Peninsula (including southern Thailand and Singapore), some smaller Malaysian islands, Borneo (Brunei, East Malaysia and Kalimantan), the Philippines, many Indonesian islands including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and New Guinea (Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea).

Wikipedia contributors, Gekko monarchus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:27:26.935165+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Gekko monarchus (Schlegel, 1836)
Name authority
(Schlegel, 1836)
Common name
Spotted House Gecko
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Gekkonidae
Genus
Gekko
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderGekkota
  11. familyGekkonidae
  12. genusGekko
  13. speciesGekko monarchus (Schlegel, 1836)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Gekko. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Adler’s GeckoGekko adleri Nguyen, Wang, Yang, Lehmann, Le, Ziegler & Bonkowski, 2013GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gekko albofasciolatus (Günther, 1867)GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brown's GeckoGekko athymus Brown & Alcala, 1962GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bonkowski’s GeckoGekko bonkowskii Luu, Calame, Nguyen, Le & Ziegler, 2015GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brooks' Wolf GeckoGekko brooksii Boulenger, 1920GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Canh’s GeckoGekko canhi Rösler, Nguyen, Van Doan, Ho, Nguyen & Ziegler, 2010GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Babuyan Claro GeckoGekko crombota Brown, Oliveros, Siler & Diesmos, 2008GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Tokay GeckoGekko gecko (Linnaeus, 1758)GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Grossmann’s geckoGekko grossmanni Günther, 1994GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Schlegel's Japanese GeckoGekko japonicus (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Kwangsi GeckoGekko kwangsiensis Yang, 2015GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Lauhachinda’s Cave GeckoGekko lauhachindai Panitvong, Sumontha, Konlek & Kunya, 2010GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Platydactylus monarchus Schlegel ex Duméril & Bibron, 1836 Schlegel ex Duméril & Bibron, 1836synonym
Platydactylus burmeisteri Giebel, 1861 Giebel, 1861synonym
Platydactylus deissneri Giebel, 1861 Giebel, 1861synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

S Thailand (Narathiwar, Phang Nga), Malaysian peninsula, (Pulau Tioman, Pulau Pangkor, Johor: Pulau Besar), Taiwan,

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Gekko&species=monarchus Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3FH66. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.