A Record of a Triploid Gecko, Hemidactylus stejnegeri, from the Northern Philippines

Abstract

A specimen of Hemidactylus stejnegeri, a triploid parthenogenetic gecko recently described from Taiwan, was collected from the northern part of Luzon Island. This is the first record of this species from outside Taiwan. Morphological and karyological characters of the present specimen are compared with those of Taiwanese populations. Records of the Hemidactylus garnotii-vietnamensis complex from the Philippines are reviewed and discussed.