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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Gekkonidae
Asian Flat-tailed House Gecko
Hemidactylus platyurus
(Schneider, 1792)
Current SSAR Comments:
Native to southeastern Asia. It was introduced via the pet trade during the 1980s and is established in Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida (Meshaka and Lewis, 1994, Herpetological Review 25: 127) and has since been found in Alachua, Broward, Lee, and Miami-Dade counties (Krysko, 2019,
Hemidactylus platyurus
. Pages 332–333 in Krysko et al. (Editors) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida). This species was transferred from
Cosymbotus
(Carranza and Arnold (2006, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38: 531–545).
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:
1792
Schneider, Johann G. T. Beschreibung und Abbildung einer neuen Art von Wasserschildkröte nebst Bestimmungen einiger bisher wenig bekannten fremden Arten. [Description and illustration of a new species of water turtle along with identifications of some previously little-known foreign species.] Schriften der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin [Writings of the Society of Natural Research Friends in Berlin] 10(4):259-283
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