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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Spotted House Gecko
G: Grosser Malaiischer Hausgecko 
SynonymPlatydactylus monarchus SCHLEGEL in DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 335
Platydactylus (Scelotretus) Monarchus — FITZINGER 1843: 101
Gecko monarchus — GRAY 1845: 161
Platydactylus monorchis — BLEEKER 1857 (nom. subst.)
Platydactylus monorchus — BLEEKER 1860 (in error)
Platydactylus burmeisteri GIEBEL 1861
Platydactylus deissneri GIEBEL 1861
Gecko monarchus — FISCHER 1885: 3
Gecko monarchus — BOULENGER 1885: 187
Gecko monarchus — BOULENGER 1894: 82
Gecko monarchus — DE ROOIJ 1915: 54
Gekko monarchus — TAYLOR 1917
Gekko monarchus — TAYLOR 1922
Gekko monachus — HARRISON 1928 (in error)
Gekko tuberculatus — KLUGE 1991 (nom. subst.)
Gekko tuberculosus — KLUGE 1993: 13
Gekko monarchus — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 233
Gekko monarchus — COX et al. 1998: 83
Gekko monarchus — GAULKE 1999
Gekko monarchus — GRISMER 2011
Gekko monarchus — GRISMER & QUAH 2019
Gekko (Archipelagekko) monarchus — WOOD et al. 2019
Gecko monarchus — BADLI-SHAM et al. 2019 (in error)
Gekko (Archipelagekko) monarchus — WOOD et al. 2020 
DistributionS Thailand (Narathiwar, Phang Nga), Malaysian peninsula, (Pulau Tioman, Pulau Pangkor, Johor: Pulau Besar), Taiwan,
Philippines (Palawan, Calamian Islands, Mindoro, Luzon, Camiguin Sur, Surigao del Sur, Camiguin Sur), Singapore, Kei islands,
Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Nias, Ambon, Ceram = Seram, Irian Jaya, Natuna islands), Papua New Guinea

Type locality: Amboine (= Ambon, Indonesia)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 2286
Syntypes: MLUH [deissneri]
Syntypes: MLUH [burmeisteri] 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: "Kluge recognized Gekko tuberculatus (= tuberculosus) Daudin 1802 as a senior synonym of Gekko monarchus (Duméril & [Bibron] 1836). [...] Subsequent usage by early authors (e.g. Fitzinger 1843) suggest that G. tuberculosus is a senior subjective synonym of Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès 1818). This was also the conclusion of Brygoo (1991) who reviewed the question and suggested that G. tuberculosus be regarded as a forgotten name" (Bauer 1994).
KLUGE 1993 lists G. monarchus as a synonym of G. tuberculosus.

Distribution: Has been erroneously reported from Sri Lanka, but not present there (SOMAWEERA & SOMAWEERA 2009). 
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