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title: "Japanese Giant Gecko"
description: "Gekko japonicus — Reptielen. Schlegel's Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus), also known as yamori in Japanese, is a species of gecko."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/japanese-giant-gecko
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Japanese Giant Gecko

> Gekko japonicus — Reptielen. Schlegel's Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus), also known as yamori in Japanese, is a species of gecko.

- Scientific name: *Gekko japonicus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2618
- Wikidata: [Q1077651](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1077651)
- iNaturalist taxon: [101316](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/101316)

## Names

- en: Japanese Giant Gecko
- de: Japanischer Hausgecko

## Countries with the most observations

JP (1780), CN (322), KR (64)

## Summary

Schlegel's Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus), also known as yamori in Japanese, is a species of gecko.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlegel%27s_Japanese_gecko

## Photo

![Japanese Giant Gecko](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/japanese-giant-gecko/medium.jpg)

Photo: heikindai_87 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/73837141

## Machine access

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