Abstract
First record from Cuba of the introduced mourning gecko, Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril and Bibron, 1836)
Highlights
The mourning gecko, Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril and Bibron, 1836), is native to the Southwest Pacific, and it is widely distributed in the tropicalsubtropical Pacific and Indian Ocean islands, and adjacent continental coasts, including Australia (Bauer and Henle 1994; Ineich 1999)
Krysko and MacKenzie-Krysko (2016) reported a well-established population on North Bimini, Bahamas. In this contribution we document the first report of Lepidodactylus lugubris from Cuba and the first report from the Greater Antilles
We first observed Lepidodactylus lugubris in Cuba in 2008 in a large pendant Elk Horn Fern (Platycerium sp.), but it was initially misidentified as Hemidactylus mabouia
Summary
The mourning gecko, Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril and Bibron, 1836), is native to the Southwest Pacific, and it is widely distributed in the tropicalsubtropical Pacific and Indian Ocean islands, and adjacent continental coasts, including Australia (Bauer and Henle 1994; Ineich 1999). We first observed Lepidodactylus lugubris in Cuba in 2008 in a large pendant Elk Horn Fern (Platycerium sp.), but it was initially misidentified as Hemidactylus mabouia. These characters permitted us to identify the presence of Lepidodactylus lugubris for the first time in Cuba, the animal escaped before preservation.
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