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title: "Indo-Pacific Slender Gecko"
description: "Hemiphyllodactylus typus — Reptiles. Hemiphyllodactylus typus, also known as the Indopacific tree gecko, Indopacific slender gecko, or common dwarf gecko, is a species of gecko found in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, and some islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/indo-pacific-slender-gecko
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Indo-Pacific Slender Gecko

> Hemiphyllodactylus typus — Reptiles. Hemiphyllodactylus typus, also known as the Indopacific tree gecko, Indopacific slender gecko,  or common dwarf gecko, is a species of gecko found in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, and some islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

- Scientific name: *Hemiphyllodactylus typus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 576
- Wikidata: [Q3017783](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3017783)
- iNaturalist taxon: [34429](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/34429)

## Names

- en: Indo-Pacific Slender Gecko
- de: Gewöhnlicher Halbblattfingergecko
- fr: Hémiphyllodactyle indo-pacifique

## Countries with the most observations

ID (121), MY (94), SG (80), TW (79), TH (31), US (30), LK (20), JP (15), MU (15), RE (14), VN (8), NC (5)

## Summary

Hemiphyllodactylus typus, also known as the Indopacific tree gecko, Indopacific slender gecko,  or common dwarf gecko, is a species of gecko found in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, and some islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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

## Photo

![Indo-Pacific Slender Gecko](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/indo-pacific-slender-gecko/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carey_Knox_Southern_Scales · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/241246019

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/indo-pacific-slender-gecko?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).