New distribution record, ecology and tail trifurcation of Cyrtodactylus mamanwa (Gekkonidae) on Dinagat Islands, Philippines

By

Maglangit, Erl Pfian T.
Tapdasan, Riza Jane C.
Medija Jr., Rico C.
De Alba, Maria Fe P.
Adamat, Liza A.
Amparado, Olive A.
Nuñeza, Olga M.
Diesmos, Mae Lowe L.
Diesmos, Arvin C

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-9-2

Original Publication

Herpetozoa

Volume

34

Pages

175--181

Subjects

Dinagat Islands , gekkonid , new island record , Reptile , tail abnormality

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.34.e67196

 

Abstract

This study highlights the ecology, natural history, and a new distribution record by providing a unique habitat occurrence record in karst ecosystem and describes a tail anomaly of the endemic Mamanwa Bent-toed GeckoCyrtodactylus mamanwain the province of Dinagat. The detection of a new population on Unib Island in the southwestern Dinagat extends the previously known distribution of this gekkonid by approximately 100 km south from its known distribution.