The larger Gehyra vorax (voracious gecko) of Fiji, Vanuatu and New Guinea has sometimes been included in this species, but is now treated as distinct.

[1] The species is native to New Guinea and a number of islands in Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.

It has also been widely introduced across the islands of the Pacific, reaching as far as the Marquesas Islands in Polynesia (where the species was first collected for science), although the extent to which the species has been introduced by human intervention is a matter of some debate.

[1] It reproduces sexually, and unlike some other geckos in its genus its eggs are non-adhesive.

[2] It inhabits a range of habitats including plantations, gardens, and disturbed and undisturbed forests.