Reptiles introduced to
Rodrigues Islands[Mauritius]

 

Checklist of the native reptiles of Rodrigues Islands
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Introduced species(confirmed and presumed introductions, incl. both surviving and extirpated populations, excl. unpublished records)


Species

References
Lizards (Sauria)

Gehyra mutilata

Common Four-clawed Gecko

Owadally & Lambert 1988 Tirvengadum & Bour 1985 Vinson & Vinson 1969

Hemidactylus frenatus

Asian House Gecko

Owadally & Lambert 1988 Tirvengadum & Bour 1985 Vinson & Vinson 1969

Hemidactylus mercatorius

Farquhar Half-toed Gecko

Owadally & Lambert 1988 [as H. mabouia] Tirvengadum & Bour 1985

Hemidactylus parvimaculatus

Small-spotted Half-toed Gecko

Bauer, Jackman, Greenbaum, Silva, Giri & Das 2010 Deso, Bauer, Probst & Sanchez 2013

Hemiphyllodactylus typus

Indo-Pacific Slender Gecko

Nguyen, Lehmann, Le, Duong, Bonkowski & Ziegler 2013 Owadally & Lambert 1988 Tirvengadum & Bour 1985 Vinson & Vinson 1969 Zug 2010b

Lepidodactylus lugubris

Common Mourning Gecko

Owadally & Lambert 1988 Tirvengadum & Bour 1985 Vinson & Vinson 1969

Phelsuma cepediana

Blue-tailed Day Gecko

Glaw & Rösler 2015 Hallmann, Krüger & Trautmann 1997
Snakes (Serpentes)

Indotyphlops braminus

Brahminy Blind Snake

Owadally & Lambert 1988 Tirvengadum & Bour 1985 Wallach 2009
Turtles (Testudines)

Aldabrachelys gigantea

Aldabra Tortoise

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017

Astrochelys radiata

Radiated Tortoise

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017

Astrochelys yniphora

Northern Madagascar Spur Tortoise

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017