Just the two of us: presence of a second species of non-native gecko of the genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) confirmed on Saint Helena

Sherwood, Daniella; Peyton, Jodey; Cairns-Wicks, Rebecca; Fowler, Liza; Geci, Donald; Balchin, Julie

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Just the two of us: presence of a second species of non-native gecko of the genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) confirmed on Saint Helena

Sherwood, Daniella; Peyton, Jodey ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8313-6194; Cairns-Wicks, Rebecca; Fowler, Liza; Geci, Donald; Balchin, Julie. 2025 Just the two of us: presence of a second species of non-native gecko of the genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) confirmed on Saint Helena. Faunitaxys, 13 (55). 1-5. 10.57800/faunitaxys-13(55)

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Abstract

Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) is recorded for the first time from the remote island of Saint Helena, based on a specimen observed by one of the coauthors and several further photographic records verified from the citizen science platform iNaturalist. Comparison is made with the well-established and widespread Hemidactylus frenatus Duméril & Bibron, 1836 which was hitherto the only established gecko known from Saint Helena. Notes on reptiles on the neighbouring Ascension Island, especially its geckos, are provided.

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