First record of the common house gecko Hemidactylus frenatus Schlegel, 1836 and distribution extension of Phyllodactylus reissii Peters, 1862 in the Galápagos

Omar Torres-Carvajal; Amaranta Carvajal-Campos

doi:10.15560/7.4.470

Check List 7(4): 470-472, doi: 10.15560/7.4.470

First record of the common house gecko Hemidactylus frenatus Schlegel, 1836 and distribution extension of Phyllodactylus reissii Peters, 1862 in the Galápagos

Omar Torres-Carvajal, Washington Tapia

Corresponding author: Omar Torres-Carvajal ( omartorcar@gmail.com )

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Citation: Torres-Carvajal O, Carvajal-Campos A (2016) First record of the common house gecko Hemidactylus frenatus Schlegel, 1836 and distribution extension of Phyllodactylus reissii Peters, 1862 in the Galápagos. Check List 7(4): 470-472. https://doi.org/10.15560/7.4.470

Abstract

Among introduced species in the Galápagos are three species of geckos – Gonatodes caudiscutatus, Lepidodactylus lugubris, Phyllodactylus reissii – occurring on the islands of Isabela, San Cristóbal, and Santa Cruz. Here we report the first record of a fourth invasive species of gecko from Isabela, as well as the first record of P. reissii from the same island.

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