mourning gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris

Photo: Hans Smulders

Classification

Gekkonidae [family]

Lepidodactylus [genus] (1)

Gekkonidae [family]

Lepidodactylus [genus] (1)

Recorded on	Bonaire
	Curaçao
	Sint Maarten

Presence status	Introduced (2) - Bonaire
	Introduced (2) - Curaçao
	Introduced (2) - Sint Maarten

Notes on presence status	Possibly a recently discovered new introduced species for Curaçao.

Behm, J.E., Buurt, G. van, DiMarco, B.M., Ellers, J., Irian, C.G., Langhans, K.E., McGrath, K., Tran, T.J. & Helmus, M.R. 2018. First records of the mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris Duméril and Bibron, 1836), common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus in Duméril, 1836), and Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko Linnaeus, 1758) on Curaçao, Dutch Antilles, and remarks on their Caribbean distributions. BioInvasions Records 7: 8.
Buurt, G. van & Smulders, J.C.G.J. 2022. First record of the Mourning Gecko, Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron), from Bonaire. Caribbean Herpetology 82: 1. [link]
Dewynter, M., Questel, K., Sculfort, O., Yokoyama, M. & Angin, B. 2022. Petit guide illustré des Amphibiens & des Reptiles de Saint-Martin. Société Herpétologique de France. [link]