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, D., Peyton, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8313-6194, Cairns-Wicks, R., Fowler, L., Geci, D., & Balchin, J. (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) 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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