Lepidodactylus lugubris

Mourning Gecko

Dumeril & Bibron, 1836

Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
SubOrder Sauria
Family Gekkonidae

Description

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Distribution

Taiwan, China, Sri Lanka, India (incl. and Andaman Islands) Burma, West Malaysia (Pulau Pinang, Pulau Tioman), Japan (Ryukyu, Bonin), Indonesia (Borneo, Lombok, Sulawesi, Halmahera, Ambon, Kei Islands), Philippine Islands (incl. Panay), New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands [McCoy 2000], most islands of the Pacific, Fiji Islands, Rotuma, New Caledonia, Australia (islands of Cocos [Keeling] atoll, Queensland); Maldive Islands (HR 30: 52) Western Samoa, Guam, Society Islands, Mascarenes (Rodrigues; fide F. Glaw, pers. comm.) Introduced into W Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama Introduced into Ecuador (Galapagos), Colombia, Chile Introduced into the USA (Hawaii), Seychelles

Habitat & Ecology

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Reproduction

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Conservation

Status: Not Listed, but habitat destruction threatens reptiles worldwide.

Other Comments

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References

Auth, D.L. 1994 Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Panama, Smithsonian Herptological Information Service. 98.
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Reference written by Mark Tway, Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation
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