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title: "Double-spotted Gecko"
description: "Gekko monarchus — Reptielen. Gekko monarchus, also called the spotted house gecko, is a species of gecko found in the Malay Peninsula (including southern Thailand and Singapore), some smaller Malaysian islands, Borneo (Brunei, East Malaysia and Kalimantan), the Philippines, many Indonesian islands including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and New Guinea (Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/double-spotted-gecko
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Double-spotted Gecko

> Gekko monarchus — Reptielen. Gekko monarchus, also called the spotted house gecko,  is a species of gecko found in the Malay Peninsula (including southern Thailand and Singapore), some smaller Malaysian islands, Borneo (Brunei, East Malaysia and Kalimantan), the Philippines, many Indonesian islands including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and New Guinea (Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea).

- Scientific name: *Gekko monarchus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 2597
- Wikidata: [Q3010385](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3010385)
- iNaturalist taxon: [34610](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/34610)

## Names

- en: Double-spotted Gecko
- de: Monarchgecko
- fr: Gekko monarque

## Countries with the most observations

MY (1258), ID (493), SG (477), TH (86), TW (61), PH (40), BN (31)

## Summary

Gekko monarchus, also called the spotted house gecko,  is a species of gecko found in the Malay Peninsula (including southern Thailand and Singapore), some smaller Malaysian islands, Borneo (Brunei, East Malaysia and Kalimantan), the Philippines, many Indonesian islands including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and New Guinea (Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea).

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

## Photo

![Double-spotted Gecko](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/double-spotted-gecko/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andreas Manz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/353906088

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/double-spotted-gecko?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).