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

December 1, 2014

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 Year 2014
Title Photographic evidence of interspecies mating in geckos of the Lepidodactylus lugubris unisexual-bisexual complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae)
DOI 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v13i2p133-136
Authors Donald W. Buden, Carlos Cianchini, Danko Taborosi, Robert N. Fisher, Aaron Bauer, Ivan Ineich
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Phyllomedusa
Index ID 70141764
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Western Ecological Research Center