Hemidactylus craspedotus Mocquard, 1890

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 111-112

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7967826

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scientific name

Hemidactylus craspedotus Mocquard, 1890
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Hemidactylus craspedotus Mocquard, 1890 View in CoL — Native.

Hemidactylus craspedotus Mocquard, 1890: 144 . Holotype:MNHN-RA 1889.0297, by original designation. Type locality: “nord de Bornéo” Sabah, East Malaysia .

Frilly Gecko

( Figure 13F View FIGURE 13 )

Singapore records.

Cosymbotes craspedotus —K.K.P. Lim, 1991c: 307–308 (Nee Soon Swamp Forest).— Denzer & Manthey, 1991: 314.—K.K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 1992: 118.—P.K.L. Ng & K.K.P. Lim, 1992: 260.—K.K.P. Lim, 1994b: 222, 331.—R.C.H. Teo & Rajathurai, 1997: 389, 390 (Nee Soon Range [NSSF]; Tiup Tiup [BTNR]).— Manthey & Grossmann, 1997: 216.—K.K.P. Lim et al., 2008: 172, 265 (Pulau Tekong).

Cosymbotes [sic] craspedotes [sic]—P.K.L. Ng et al., 1995: 120.

Cosymbotus craspedotes —Chan-ard et al., 1999: 23.—K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 2002: 150.—N. Baker & K.P. Lim, 2008: 78, 159 (Pulau Tekong).

Hemidactylus craspedotus View in CoL — Das, 2010: 221.— Davison, 2011: 109.—L.L. Grismer, 2011a: 127.—L.L. Grismer, 2011b: 480, 481.—N. Baker & K.P. Lim, 2012: 78, 159.—M.A.H. Chua, 2014b: 58 (Bukit Timah Nature Reserve).—Chan-ard et al., 2015: 68.—K.K.P. Lim et al., 2016: 177.— M.A.H. Chua, 2017: 69 (Bukit Timah Nature Reserve).—R.C.H. Teo & Thomas, 2019: 157, 180 (Bukit Timah Nature Reserve).— Janssen & Sy, 2022: 95, 160.

Remarks. First discovered in Singapore on 1 January 1991 at NSSF ( Lim 1991c), H. craspedotus was not recorded again until one was found at NSSF (sometime prior to 1997), and when another was sighted at BTNR in 1998 (Teo & Rajathurai 1997). Afterwards, H. craspedotus has only been reported four additional times, all from BTNR. The first time was on 30 June 2012 ( Chua 2014b), followed by the second observation five years later on 27 April 2017 (Chua 2017). The last two records were made during the BTNR comprehensive surveys (Teo & Thomas 2019). Three additional records (bringing the total to 10) comes from two specimens at LKCNHM that were collected in 2003 and 2004, and from the individual shown in Figure 13F View FIGURE 13 which was photographed at BTNR on 6 November 2015 (H. Siow pers. comm.). Although reported from Pulau Tekong ( Baker & Lim 2012; Lim 2008), Lim et al. (2016) treated these records as erroneous stating that they were not substantiated by any sightings or photographs. Hemidactylus craspedotus is an extremely cryptic and arboreal species, and thus, continues to be infrequently observed.

Occurrence. Restricted to BTNR and NSSF. Rare.

Singapore conservation status. Critically Endangered.

Conservation priority. Highest.

IUCN conservation status. Least Concern [2021].

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve : ZRC.2.5890 (02-Oct-2003) ; Nee Soon Swamp Forest : ZRC.2.3260 (01-Jan-1991) , ZRC.2.6110 (09-Sep-2004) .

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

Singapore localities. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve—Nee Soon Swamp Forest.

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

ZRC

Zoological Reference Collection, National University of Singapore

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Gekkonidae

Genus

Hemidactylus

Loc

Hemidactylus craspedotus Mocquard, 1890

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P. 2023
2023
Loc

Hemidactylus craspedotus

Janssen, J. & Sy, E. 2022: 95
Lim, K. K. P. & Chua, M. A. H. & Lim, N. T. - L. 2016: 177
Chua, M. A. H. 2014: 58
Davison, G. 2011: 109
Grismer, L. L. 2011: 127
Grismer, L. L. 2011: 480
Das, I. 2010: 221
2010
Loc

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