First record of Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron, 1836) (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Hainan Island, China

Authors: Wang, Hao-Tian Country: People's Republic of China DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.35.e84045 Published: Jan. 1, 2022 Source: Herpetozoa OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: morphology · Topics: Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Species Distribution and Climate Change

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Lepidodactylus lugubris is known from tropical Asia, Oceania, and Latin America, but in China it was previously known only from Taiwan Island. In this paper, we report a new herpetofaunal record based on one specimen collected from Wanning, Hainan, China, which conforms to L. lugubris on both morphological and molecular data. Our finding brings the total species of the family Gekkonidae in Hainan to six.

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