Research Articles
Assessment of historical and current distribution records of the Indo-Pacific slender gecko, Hemiphyllodactylustypus bleeker, 1860, in Sri Lanka
Authors:
Hareschandra Bandula Jayaneththi ,
National Zoological Garden, Dehiwala, LK
About Hareschandra Bandula
Young Zoologists’ Association of Sri Lanka
Daniel Jablonski
Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynskádolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, SK
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Department of Zoology
Abstract
Hemiphyllodactylus typus is a widespread but low abundant parthenogenetic taxon, which is widely distributed through Southeast Asia and the entire tropical Pacific Ocean of New Guinea to some other Oceanic Islands. The present study has reviewed the data from a combination of literature together with our unpublished field records. A total of 36 localities of H. typus were detected, including four recent observations or repeated observations. Some information regarding the natural history, autecology and biogeography of H. typus in Sri Lanka are given.
How to Cite:
Jayaneththi, H. B., & Jablonski, D. (2016). Assessment of historical and current distribution records of the Indo-Pacific slender gecko, Hemiphyllodactylustypus bleeker, 1860, in Sri Lanka. Ceylon Journal of Science, 45(3), 77–84. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/cjs.v45i3.7403
Published on 30 Nov 2016.
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