An unusual house gecko in Hong Kong, Gray’s Chinese Gecko

AJP spotted this gecko in his flat at the northern end of Kowloon last week. Usually known by its common name of Chinese Gecko in Hong Kong publications, I see that IUCN gives the name Gray’s Chinese Gecko, Gekko chinensis after the man who described it in 1842, John Edward Gray (1800-1875) of the British Museum. Although common in Hong Kong, it is described as ‘rarely found inside buildings’.

The photographs show the characteristic absence of a claw on the inner digits.