Herpetozoa (Sep 2021)

New distribution record, ecology and tail trifurcation of Cyrtodactylus mamanwa (Gekkonidae) on Dinagat Islands, Philippines

  • Erl Pfian T. Maglangit,
  • Riza Jane C. Tapdasan,
  • Rico C. Medija Jr.,
  • Maria Fe P. De Alba,
  • Liza A. Adamat,
  • Olive A. Amparado,
  • Olga M. Nuñeza,
  • Mae Lowe L. Diesmos,
  • Arvin C. Diesmos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.34.e67196
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 34
pp. 175 – 181

Abstract

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This study highlights the ecology, natural history, and a new distribution record by providing a unique habitat occurrence record in karst ecosystem and describes a tail anomaly of the endemic Mamanwa Bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus mamanwa in the province of Dinagat. The detection of a new population on Unib Island in the southwestern Dinagat extends the previously known distribution of this gekkonid by approximately 100 km south from its known distribution.