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    Species Accepted

    Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)

    Common Smooth-Scaled Gecko
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Lepidodactylus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 6 countries or islands

      6 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      AustraliaNo
      BrazilNo
      ColombiaNo
      EcuadorYes
      United States of AmericaNo
      United States of AmericaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      30 results
      Common Smooth-Scaled Gecko English
      Dragó endolat Catalan–Valencian
      Gecko demi-deuil French
      Gecko nain French
      Geco asiático Portuguese
      Geco asiático enlutado Spanish
      Geco dalla coda prensile Italian
      Geco enlutado Spanish
      Gekon płaczący Polish
      Gewöhnlicher Schuppenfingergecko German

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      251 results
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      Murakami, & Yuki and Fumio Hayashi. (2018). Behavioral Interactions for Food among Two Clones of Parthenogenetic Lepidodactylus lugubris and Sexually Reproducing Hemidactylus frenatus Geckos. Current Herpetology Aug 2018, Vol. 37, No. 2: 124-132.
      Zug, G. R., I. Ineich, G. Pregill, and A. M. Hamilton. (2012). Lizards of Tonga and a description of a new Tongan treeskink (Squamata: Scincidae: Emoia samoensis Group). Pacific Science 66(2):225-237.
      Señaris, J. Celsa; María Matilde Aristeguieta Padrón, Haidy Rojas Gil y Fernando J. M. Rojas-Runjaic. (2018). Guía ilustrada de los anfibios y reptiles del valle de Caracas, Venezuela. Ediciones IVIC, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC). Caracas, Venezuela. 348 Pp.
      da Silva Carvalho Filho, F., & Favacho, C. A. C. (2025). New record of Lepidodactylus lugubris (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Amazonas, Brazil, and notes on its feeding biology in urbanized environment. Boletim Do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi-Ciências Naturais, 20(3), 1-10.
      Lorvelec, Olivier; Anthony Levesque and Aaron M. Bauer. (2011). First record of the Mourning Gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris) on Guadeloupe, French West Indies. Herpetology Notes 4: 291-294.
      Zerbe, P. (2006). Schlupf trotz zerbrochener Eischale bei Lepidodactylus lugubris. Elaphe 14 (4): 25-26.
      Deraniyagala, P. E. P. (1929). A gecko hitherto unrecorded from Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 15: 157-159.
      Gibson-Hill, C. A. (1950). A note on the reptiles occurring on the Cocos-Keeling Islands. Bull. Raffles Mus. No 22:206-211.
      Ineich, I. (2016). Reptiles terrestres et marins des îles Marquises:des espèces communes mais des populations isolées. In:Biodiversité Terrestre et Marine des Îles Marquises, PolynésieFrançaise; Galzin, R., Duron, S.-D., Meyer, J.-Y.,Eds. Paris, France, Société Française d’Ichtyologie, Pp. 365–390.

      Citation

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