Check List 20(2): 505-509, doi: 10.15560/20.2.505
First record of the alien gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron, 1836) (Gekkonidae) in the Cabo Blanco Absolute Natural Reserve, Costa Rica
Matteo Dal Zotto‡§,
Giuseppe Romeo§,
Francesco Saponi‡,
Tommaso Toldo‡§|,
Andrea Vaccari‡§|‡ University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy§ Association Foreste per Sempre ODV, Modena, Italy| Italian Gekko Association APS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Corresponding author:
Matteo Dal Zotto
(
matteo.dalzotto@unimore.it
)
Academic editor: Julie Ray © Matteo Dal Zotto, Giuseppe Romeo, Francesco Saponi, Tommaso Toldo, Andrea Vaccari. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Dal Zotto M, Romeo G, Saponi F, Toldo T, Vaccari A (2024) First record of the alien gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron, 1836) (Gekkonidae) in the Cabo Blanco Absolute Natural Reserve, Costa Rica. Check List 20(2): 505-509. https://doi.org/10.15560/20.2.505 |  |
AbstractLepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron, 1836) is a parthenogenetic gekkonid originally distributed in southeast Asia but introduced to numerous countries worldwide. Its geographic range is expanding in several tropical regions due to anthropogenic activities. Here we report the first presence data for this species from the Reserva Natural Absoluta Cabo Blanco in northwestern Costa Rica. Our in‑situ observation provides evidence that the geographic range of L. lugubris is expanding northwards along the Pacific slope of Costa Rica and, more generally, of Central America.
KeywordsAlien species, Central America, Gekkota, herpetofauna, neotropics, reptiles