BPBM 14186Vertebrate Zoology
Hemidactylus frenatus
Asian House Gecko
As recorded: Hemidactylus frenatus Duméril & Bibron, 1836
Animalia › Chordata › Squamata › Gekkonidae
- Collected by
- R Englund
- Collector number
- Collector Number: --
- Locality
- London, around Mini London Hotel and boating lagoon
- Island
- Kiritimati Atoll
- Region
- Kiribati
- Coordinates
- 1.9860, -157.4140
- Identified by
- C H Kishinami
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Hemidactylus frenatus observed near this locality
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-03-03.
2025-03-03
London
(c) Dave Schatzmann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-10-14
Christmas Island, Line Islands, KI
(c) jules_leclair, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Hemidactylus frenatus. BPBM 14186. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 93335276. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/herp/14186.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 93335276 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Type status not recognized
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