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Sri Lankan Spotted House Gecko
Hemidactylus parvimaculatus (Deraniyagala, 1953)

Current SSAR Comments:
Native to Sri Lanka and southern India. It is established in Louisiana (Heckard et al., 2013, Reptiles & Amphibians 20: 192–196) and Texas (Davis and LaDuc, 2019, Herpetological Review 50: 102).

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.08.22.52.48)
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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:
1953 Deraniyagala, P. E. P. A coloured atlas of some vertebrates from Ceylon. Vol. 2. Tetrapod Reptilia. Goverment Press, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 101pp.
2013 Heckard, David, Andrew Kathriner, and Aaron M. Bauer. First record of Hemidactylus parvimaculatusDeraniyagala, 1953 from the United States. Reptiles & Amphibians 20(4):192–196
2019 Davis, Drew R. and Travis J. LaDuc. Geographic distribution. Hemidactylus parvimaculatus. Herpetological Review 50(1):102

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