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title: "Eastern Mediterranean Thin-toed Gecko"
description: "Mediodactylus orientalis — Reptiles. Mediodactylus orientalis, commonly known as the Eastern Mediterranean Thin-toed Gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/eastern-mediterranean-thin-toed-gecko
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Eastern Mediterranean Thin-toed Gecko

> Mediodactylus orientalis — Reptiles. Mediodactylus orientalis, commonly known as the Eastern Mediterranean Thin-toed Gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae.

- Scientific name: *Mediodactylus orientalis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 795
- Wikidata: [Q55622669](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55622669)
- iNaturalist taxon: [738119](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/738119)

## Names

- en: Eastern Mediterranean Thin-toed Gecko
- de: Levantinischer Nacktfingergecko

## Countries with the most observations

CY (438), IL (107), SY (45), TR (38), LB (29), GR (13), PS (3)

## Summary

Mediodactylus orientalis, commonly known as the Eastern Mediterranean Thin-toed Gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. It is found in Israel, Lebanon and Jordan. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of Kotschy's gecko.
The common names of Mediodactylus orientalis (Stepánek, 1937) are Mediterranean thin-toed gecko, Europäischer Nacktfinger and Ägäischer Bogenfinger.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediodactylus_orientalis

## Photo

![Eastern Mediterranean Thin-toed Gecko](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-mediterranean-thin-toed-gecko/medium.jpg)

Photo: Peter Gabler · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263187421

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-mediterranean-thin-toed-gecko?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).