Wildlifeof India
West Indian Leopard Gecko
Geckos
Photo: Ashahar alias Krishna Khan · CC BY-SA 4.0 (May be cropped or resized)
Eublepharis fuscus
Basic stats
Diet
Scorpions and other arthropods
Habitat
Forested hill tracts, scrub, boulders and scrubland
Range
Western India: northern Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat; possibly south-eastern Pakistan
Size
Head and body up to 25.2cm
The West Indian leopard gecko is a robust leopard gecko of western India that can reach 252 mm in snout-to-vent length. The specific name fuscus means dark or dusky. It is widely distributed in western India: known from the Western Ghats (northern Karnataka and parts of Maharashtra) and from Gujarat, and it might occur in Pakistan (Wikipedia, general species account).
It lives in forested hill tracts, scrub, boulders and scrubland. It is a nocturnal, ground-living gecko that feeds on scorpions and other arthropods.
Quick answers
- What does the West Indian Leopard Gecko eat?
- Scorpions and other arthropods
- What habitat does the West Indian Leopard Gecko live in?
- Forested hill tracts, scrub, boulders and scrubland
- Where is the West Indian Leopard Gecko found?
- Western India: northern Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat; possibly south-eastern Pakistan
- How big is the West Indian Leopard Gecko?
- Head and body up to 25.2cm