Flat-tailed House Gecko

The flat-tailed house gecko, also called the frilled house gecko, is native to southeastern and southern Asia and is sometimes placed in the genus Cosymbotus. Notable features include skin flaps (patagia) on the trunk, tail and thigh that it uses in gliding, formed from expansions of fat along the sides, as in gliding geckos of the genus Gekko. The ear opening is small and oval (Wikipedia, general species account). The flat-tailed house gecko (Hemidactylus platyurus), also known as the frilled house gecko or Asian house gecko, belongs to Gekkonidae native to southeastern and southern Asia. (Wikipedia, general species account).

This species is sometimes classified under the genus Cosymbotus. These geckos exhibit patagia in the trunk, tail, and femoral region that are employed in gliding. Similarly to gliding geckos of the genus Gekko (formerly Ptychozoon), these patagia are derived from expansion of fat in the sides. Snout longer than the distance between the eye and the ear opening, one time and a half the diameter of the orbit. Rostral four-sided, not twice as broad as high, with median cleft above. (Wikipedia, general species account).