Current SSAR Comments:
Native to southeastern Asia. It is established in Alabama (Powell et al., 2016, Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston), California (Shaw, 1946, Herpetologica 3: 125–126; Kraus, 2009, Alien Reptiles and Amphibians: A Scientific Compendium and Analysis. SpringerVerlag, Heidelberg, Germany; Pauly et al., 2015, Herpetological Review 46: 569), Florida (King and Krakauer, 1966, Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 29: 144–154; Krysko, 2019, Hemidactylus garnotii. Pages 327–329 in Krysko et al. (Editors) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida), Georgia (Powell et al., 2016, op. cit.), Hawai'i (Girard, 1858, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9: 195–199; Hunsaker and Breese, 1967, Pacific Science 21: 423–428; Kraus, 2009, op. cit.), and Texas (Franklin, 1996, Herpetological Review 27: 152; Kraus, 2009, op. cit.). It is parthenogenic (all females).
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2024.02.03.14.35.52)
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