Sailing by boat: a second arrival point of the exotic gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron, 1836) (Squamata, Gekkonidae) in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

By

Rocha Bandeira, Victor
Missassi, Alexandre Felipe Raimundo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-4-28

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

18

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

419--424

Subjects

Bahia state , Brazil , Geographic distribution , invader , mitigating actions , niche partitioning , Plasticity

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/18.2.419

 

Abstract

We present a new record of the Asian Mourning Gecko, Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron, 1836) in the Atlantic Forest of eastern South America. Lepidodactylus lugubris is a widely distributed lizard currently occurring throughout most of the northern Neotropical Region, including the Galapagos and the eastern Pacific islands. Unlike the Amazon Rainforest, which has wide forested cover and essentially diurnal geckos, the threatened Atlantic Forest has had most of its original vegetation removed. The arrival of L. lugubris in the region deserves attention and study, aiming understand the impact of this exotic gecko on the Atlantic Forest native gecko fauna.