Photographic evidence of interspecies mating in geckos of the Lepidodactylus lugubris unisexual-bisexual complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

Phyllomedusa
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Abstract

An interspecies mating between unisexual Lepidodactylus lugubris and a male of the bisexual Lepidodactylus moestus was photographed by Carlos Cianchini on Kosrae [Island], FSM, at 18:15 h on 22 August 2013 (Figure 1). The mating pair was on a window frame inside a house at Pukusruk Wan village (05°21'01" N, 163°00'41" E, elev. 28 m a.s.l.) on the northeastern side of the island. This is the first direct evidence of mating between these two species.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Photographic evidence of interspecies mating in geckos of the Lepidodactylus lugubris unisexual-bisexual complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae)
Series title Phyllomedusa
DOI 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v13i2p133-136
Volume 13
Issue 2
Year Published 2014
Language English
Publisher Melopsittacus Publicações Cientif́icas
Publisher location Belo Horizonte
Contributing office(s) Western Ecological Research Center
Description 4 p.
First page 133
Last page 136
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