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title: "Common Four-clawed Gecko"
description: "Gehyra mutilata — Rettili. Gehyra mutilata, also known commonly as the common four-clawed gecko, Pacific gecko, stump-toed gecko, sugar gecko in Indonesia, tender-skinned house gecko, and butiki in Filipino, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-four-clawed-gecko
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Four-clawed Gecko

> Gehyra mutilata — Rettili. Gehyra mutilata, also known commonly as the common four-clawed gecko, Pacific gecko, stump-toed gecko, sugar gecko in Indonesia, tender-skinned house gecko, and butiki in Filipino, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae.

- Scientific name: *Gehyra mutilata*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `urban` (Città e giardini)
- iNaturalist observations: 5838
- Wikidata: [Q1766871](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1766871)
- iNaturalist taxon: [34630](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/34630)

## Names

- en: Common Four-clawed Gecko
- de: Gewöhnlicher Vierkrallengecko
- es: Geco plano
- fr: Gecko mutilé

## Countries with the most observations

HK (803), TH (788), ID (740), MY (326), MX (274), LK (256), PH (214), US (194), VN (173), CN (172), RE (148), GF (120)

## Summary

Gehyra mutilata, also known commonly as the common four-clawed gecko, Pacific gecko, stump-toed gecko, sugar gecko in Indonesia, tender-skinned house gecko, and butiki in Filipino, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia. It has made its way to several areas of the world including Sri Lanka, Indochina, and many of the Pacific Islands. Compared to the common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus), the appearance of G. mutilata is somewhat plump, with delicate skin. The skin is usually colored a soft purplish/pinkish gray, with golden spots on younger specimens; these spots…

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

## Photo

![Common Four-clawed Gecko](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-four-clawed-gecko/medium.jpg)

Photo: Willie Zenk · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/316089007

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-four-clawed-gecko?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).