Species Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
Mourning Gecko
- Platydactylus lugubris Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1836. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 3 iv 517 pp. [304].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 5323 2 specimens, Tahiti. - Peropus neglectus Girard, C. 1857. Descriptions of some new reptiles, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Fourth Part. Including the species of saurians exotic to North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 9(1857): 195-199 [1858 on title page] [197].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (specimen lost), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Secondary source:
Wermuth, H. 1965. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae. Das Tierreich 80(1–22): 1-246. - Hemidactylus meijeri Bleeker, P. 1858. De heer Bleeker berigt omtrent de vischoorten en Reptiliën. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 4 16: 45-47 [47].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 63.12.4.47 (see British Museum register), Bintang, Rhio Archipelago, Indonesia.Secondary source:
Wermuth, H. 1965. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae. Das Tierreich 80(1–22): 1-246. - Peripia cantoris Günther, A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London : Royal Society xxvii 444 pp. [110].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 60.3.19.1073, Penang, Malaysia.Secondary source:
Wermuth, H. 1965. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae. Das Tierreich 80(1–22): 1-246. - Gecko moestus Peters, W. 1867. Herpetologische notizen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 13-37 [1868 on title page] [13].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB (see Brown, W.C. & Parker, F. 1977. Lizards of the genus Lepidodactylusus (Gekkonidae) from the Indo-Australian Archipelago and the islands of the Pacific, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4 41: 253–265), Republic of Belau (as Pelew Is.).Secondary source:
Wermuth, H. 1965. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae. Das Tierreich 80(1–22): 1-246. - Gymnodactylus caudeloti Bavay, A. 1869. Catalogue des reptiles de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et description d'espèces nouvelles. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie 15: 1-37 [13].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (not found), New Caledonia.Secondary source:
Wermuth, H. 1965. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae. Das Tierreich 80(1–22): 1-246. - Peripia meyeri Günther, A. 1872. On the reptiles and amphibians of Borneo. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 586-600 [594] [errore for Hemidactylus meijeri Bleeker, 1858].
- Peripia mysorensis Meyer, A.B. 1874. Eine mitteilung von Hrn. Dr. Adolf Bernhard Meyer über die von ihm auf Neu-Guinea den Inseln Jobi, Mysore und Mafoor im Jahr 1873 gesammelten Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 128-140 [1875 on title page] [129].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB (see Brown, W.C. & Parker, F. 1977. Lizards of the genus Lepidodactylusus (Gekkonidae) from the Indo-Australian Archipelago and the islands of the Pacific, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4 41: 253–265), Mysore, India.Secondary source:
Wermuth, H. 1965. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae. Das Tierreich 80(1–22): 1-246. - Peripia ornata Macleay, W. 1877. The lizards of the Chevert Expedition. Second paper. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 97-104 [1878 on title page] [98].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MMUS 3 specimens (presumed lost), Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. - Gehyra variegata ogasawarasimae Okada, Y. 1930. Notes on the herpetology of Chichijima, one of the Bonin Islands. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 1: 187-194 [188] [description in Japanese, in English p. 193, pl. 12; Shige, M. 1971. Reptiles of the Bonin Islands. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Tokyo University Zool 12: 145–166 has determined that this name was applied to specimens of Leptodactylus lluqubris].
Type data:
Syntype(s) OKC 580, Chichijima, Bonin Ils, Japan.Secondary source:
Shige, M. 1971. Reptiles of the Bonin Islands. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Imperial University, Tokyo Zool 12: 145-166. - Lepidodactylus divergens Taylor, E.H. 1918. Reptiles of Sulu Archipelago. Philippine Journal of Science 13D: 233-268 [242, pl. 1 figs 1-3].
Type data:
Holotype Philippine Bureau of Science (specimen destroyed), Great Govenene Is., Sulu Archipelago, Philippines.Secondary source:
Wermuth, H. 1965. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae. Das Tierreich 80(1–22): 1-246.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Wermuth, H. 1965. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae. Das Tierreich 80(1–22): 1-246
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [93]
Generic Combinations
- Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron, 1836).
Introduction
Global distribution extending from the Seychelles east across the Pacific to the Americas and Caribbean, being native in the South-east Asian portion.
Due to the limited and patchy distribution in mainland Australia, Cogger (1994) argues that the species might have been accidentally introduced by man, while the populations in Torres Strait islands are native. Limpus et al. (1999), while reporting a new record for Heron Island, note that they could not detect the species in coastal areas and islands between Mission Beach and Townsville in the mid-late 1970's.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Scattered localities in northern Australia including Darwin, coastal localities in northeast QLD, many islands in Torres Strait, and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, possibly introduced to continental Australia (see Introduction); tropical, native to east Indo-west Pacific (SE Asia),widely introduced across Indo-Pacific (Seychelles, Carribean)
Introduced.
IBRA
NT, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Distribution References
- Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). 1. London : British Museum xii 436 pp. 32 pls. [166] (Murray Island)
- Cogger, H.G. 1992. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 5, 775 pp. [with revised Appendix]
- Fitzsimons, J. 2011. Southward range expansion of the Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris on mainland Australia and nearshore islands. Australian Zoologist 35(3): 619-621
- Limpus, C.J., Limpus, D.J. & Goldizen, A. 1999. Recent colonisation of Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef, by the Mourning Gecko, Lepidodactylus lugubris. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 777–781
- McKay, L.L. & Horner, P. 2007. First records of the Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris (Dumeril and Bibron, 1836) from the Northern Territory mainland. Herpetofauna 37: 75–80
- Meyer, E.A. & Agnew, L. 2013. Southerly range extension for the mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris) on the Australian mainland. Queensland Naturalist 51(1-3): 5–7
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, nocturnal, oviparous.
Extra Ecological Information
Parthenogenetic.
General References
Brown, W.C. & Parker, F. 1977. Lizards of the genus Lepidodactylusus (Gekkonidae) from the Indo-Australian Archipelago and the islands of the Pacific, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4 41: 253-265 (taxonomy)
Cuellar, O. & Kluge, A.G. 1972. Natural parthenogenesis in the gekkonid lizard Lepidodactylus lugubris. Journal of Genetics 61: 14-26
Feder, M.E. & Feder, J.H. 1981. Diel variation of oxygen consumption in three species of Philippine gekkonid lizards. Copeia 1981: 204-209 (physiology)
Jones, R.E., Fitzgerald, K.T. & Duvall, D. 1978. Quantitative analysis of the ovarian cycle of the lizard Lepidodactylus lugubris. General and Comparative Endocrinology 35: 70-76
Werner, Y.L. 1980. Apparent homosexual behaviour in an all-female population of a lizard, Lepidodactylus lugubris, and its probable interpretation. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 54: 144-150
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Mourning Gecko)
History of changes
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