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title: "Flathead Leaf-toed Gecko"
description: "Hemidactylus platycephalus — Répteis. Hemidactylus platycephalus, also known as the tree gecko, flathead leaf-toed gecko, or Baobab gecko, is a species of gecko."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/flathead-leaf-toed-gecko
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Flathead Leaf-toed Gecko

> Hemidactylus platycephalus — Répteis. Hemidactylus platycephalus, also known as the tree gecko, flathead leaf-toed gecko, or Baobab gecko, is a species of gecko.

- Scientific name: *Hemidactylus platycephalus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 854
- Wikidata: [Q3130114](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3130114)
- iNaturalist taxon: [34463](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/34463)

## Names

- en: Flathead Leaf-toed Gecko
- de: Flachkopf-Blattfingergecko
- fr: Gecko des baobabs

## Countries with the most observations

MZ (148), MW (98), TZ (65), KE (34), YT (25), MG (24), KM (10), ZW (8)

## Summary

Hemidactylus platycephalus, also known as the tree gecko, flathead leaf-toed gecko, or Baobab gecko, is a species of gecko. It is widely distributed in eastern Africa between Somalia in the north and Mozambique and Madagascar in the south.

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

## Photo

![Flathead Leaf-toed Gecko](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/flathead-leaf-toed-gecko/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marius Burger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59856963

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/flathead-leaf-toed-gecko?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).