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Hemidactylus garnotii
Range
South and South-east Asia, Polynesia and the east coast of Australia; in India, the north-east and Nicobar Islands
Size
About 10–13cm
The Indo-Pacific gecko, also known as Garnot's house gecko or fox gecko, is native to South and South-east Asia, Polynesia and the east coast of Australia. Adults grow to about 10–13 cm. It is often mistaken for the common house gecko but can be told by rows of large spiny scales on the sides of the tail, and like that species it can change colour, from dark grey or brown with light markings in daylight to pale and translucent at night (Wikipedia, general species account).
It lays eggs, and because the species is parthenogenetic the eggs can hatch without male fertilisation. The Reptile Database lists Darjeeling, Assam, Sikkim, Mizoram, Nagaland and the Nicobar Islands in India.