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Golden Gecko
Gekko badenii Szczerbak and Nekrasova, 1994

Current SSAR Comments:
Native to Vietnam. It was introduced via the pet trade during the 2000s and is established in Hollywood, Broward County, Florida (Krysko et al., 2011, Zootaxa 3028: 1–64; Krysko and Rochford, 2019, Gekko badenii. Pages 323–324 in Krysko et al. (Editors) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida).

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1994 Szczerbak, N. N. and O. D. Nekrasova. Vklad v znaniye yashcherits-gekko yuzhnogo V'yetnama s opisaniyem novogo vida (Reptilia, Gekkonidae). [A contribution to the knowledge of gekko lizards of southern Vietnam with description of a new species (Reptilia, Gekkonidae).] Vestnik Zoologii, Kiev [Bulletin of Zoology, Kyiv] 1994(1):48-52
2011 Krysko, Kenneth L. ; Burgess, J. P. ; Rochford, M. R. ; Gillette, C. R. ; Cueva, D. ; Enge, Kevin M. ; Somma, L. A. ; Stabile, J. L. ; Smith, D. C. ; Wasilewski, J. A. ; Kieckhefer, G. N. ; Granatosky, M. Verified non-indigenous amphibians and reptiles in Florida from 1863 through 2010: outlining the invasion process and identifying invasion pathways and stages. Zootaxa 3028():1-64
2011 Krysko, Kenneth L., Joseph P. Burgess, Michael R. Rochford, Christopher R. Gillette, Daniel Cueva, Kevin M. Enge, Louis A. Somma, Jennifer L. Stabile, Dustin C. Smith, Joseph A. Wasilewski, Guy N. Kieckhefer III, Michael C. Granatosky & Stuart V. Nielsen. Verified non-indigenous amphibians and reptiles in Florida from 1863 through 2010: Outlining the invasion process and identifying invasion pathways and stages. Zootaxa 3028(1):1-64

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