Hemidactylus frenatus
Duméril and Bibron, 1836
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Native to southeastern Asia from Pakistan east to Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, and New Guinea. It is established in Florida (Meshaka et al., 1994, Herpetological Review 25: 127–128; Krysko, 2019, Hemidactylus frenatus. Pages 326–327 in Krysko et al. (Editors) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida), Hawai'i (Hunsaker and Breese, 1967, Pacific Science 21: 423–428), and Texas (McAllister et al., 1990, Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington 57: 1–4).
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.
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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1967
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Hunsaker, Don, II, and Paul Breese. Herpetofauna of the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science 21(July):423-428
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1970
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McCoy, Clarence J., Jr. and Stephen D. Busack. The lizards Hemidactylus frenatus and Leiolopisma metallica on the Island of Hawaii. Herpetologica 26(3):303
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1994
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Meshaka, Walter E., Jr, Brian P. Butterfield, and Brian Hauge. Hemidactylus frenatus established on the lower Florida Keys. Herpetological Review 25(3):127-128
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