Common Gecko

Hoplodactylus maculates

• Distribution:
  The most widely distributed New Zealand gecko, common throughout both North and South Islands, but rare on Stewart Island
• Habitat:
  Can be found in a variety of habitats from coastal dunes to open country (only gecko likely to be found on beaches)
• Diet:
  Primarily nocturnal so feed on flying insects such as moths and beetles. Also eat nectar and fruit.
• Gestation:
  Give birth to twins in late summer
• Longetivity:
  Live around 20 years
• Predators:
  Introduced predators, morepork, kingfisher and occasionally tuatara
• Conservation status:
   
  Common but decreasing with habitat loss and predation from introduced predators
• General:

  Overall length is approximately 14cm.