Hemiphyllodactylus typus
Bleeker, 1860
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Native to southeastern Asia and the Pacific. It was introduced in California (Shaw, 1946, Herpetologica 3: 125–126) and is established in Hawai'i (Stejneger, 1899, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 21: 783–813; McKeown, 1996, A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians in the Hawaiian Islands. Diamond Head Publishing, Incorporated, Los Osos, California; Kraus, 2009, Alien Reptiles and Amphibians: A Scientific Compendium and Analysis. SpringerVerlag, Heidelberg, Germany).
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2025.04.03.12.33.03)
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Hawaii
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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1860
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Bleeker, Pieter. Reptilien van Agam. [Reptiles of Agam] Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indie, Batavia. [Physics Journal for Dutch Indies, Batavia.] 20:325-329
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1899
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Stejneger, Leonhard H. The land reptiles of Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 21(1174):783-813
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1979
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Jones, Richard E. Hawaiian lizards--their past, present and future. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 15(2):37-45
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1996
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McKeown, Sean. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians in the Hawaiian Islands. Diamond Head Publishing, Inc., Los Osos, California. pp.
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