Garnot's House Gecko

The Indo-Pacific gecko, also called Garnot's house gecko, is a gecko native to South and Southeast Asia, Polynesia and the east coast of Australia. Adults grow to about 10 to 13cm. It can be told from the common house gecko by rows of large, spiny scales on the edges of the tail. The belly is usually pale yellow or orange, and its colour changes from dark grey or brown by day to pale and translucent at night (Wikipedia, general species account).

The species is parthenogenetic, so eggs can hatch without fertilisation by a male. In Nepal the Reptile Database gives it only in the extreme east, with the rest of its Asian range running through north-east India, Bhutan and Southeast Asia.