Asian Flat-tailed House Gecko
Hemidactylus platyurus
(Schneider, 1792)
SSAR 9th Edition 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: 2025.04.02.14.26.53)
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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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1792
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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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1994
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Meshaka, Walter E., Jr, and John Lewis. Cosymbotus platyurus in Florida: Ten years of stasis. Herpetological Review 25(3):127
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