Species

Gekko tesselatus

Gekko tesselatus · described by XU, MA, CAI, QI, MATSUKOJI, POYARKOV, SUN, JIANG & PENG 2025

Tokay Gecko, a close relative of Gekko tesselatus — Pictured: Tokay Gecko, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name: Gekko tesselatus
First described: XU, MA, CAI, QI, MATSUKOJI, POYARKOV, SUN, JIANG & PENG 2025
Class: Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order: Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group: Lizards (Sauria)
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gekko

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree