Presence
Recorded on | Curaçao |
Presence status | Introduced (2) - Curaçao |
Natural distribution | Asia |
Notes on presence status | First kept captive in a reptile garden. Hatch-lings emerging from laid eggs where able to pass through the mesh of the wire and managed to establish in the neighbourhood. |
Publication
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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.