Gonatodes albogularis
(Duméril and Bibron, 1836)
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Native to Central and South America and the Caribbean. It was introduced during the 1930s and is established in the Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida (Carr, 1939, Copeia 1939: 232; Krysko, 2005, Florida Scientist 68: 272–280; Krysko, 2019, Gonatodes albogularis albogularis. Pages 343–345 in Krysko et al. (Editors) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida). The English name White-throated Clawed Gecko is used by Hedges et al. (2019, Caribbean Herpetology (67): 1–53).
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Florida
First instance(s) of published English names:
Yellow-headed Gecko (Gonatodes fuscus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); White-throated Clawed Gecko (Gonatodes albogularis: Hedges, S. Blair, Robert Powell, Robert W. Henderson, Sarah Hanson, and John C. Murphy. 2019. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist
and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and
reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology (67):1–53);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1836
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Dumeril, A. M. Constant and Gabriel Bibron. Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete Des Reptiles. Tome Troisieme. [General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of Reptiles. Volume Three.] Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, France. 517pp.
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1939
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Carr, Archie F. A geckonid lizard new to the fauna of the United States. Copeia 1939:232
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2019
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Hedges, S. Blair, Robert Powell, Robert W. Henderson, Sarah Hanson, and John C. Murphy. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist
and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and
reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology (67):1–53
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