Antilles Gecko Gonatodes antillensis

Photo: Hans Smulders

Classification

Gonatodes [genus] (3)

Gonatodes [genus] (3)

Recorded on	Aruba
	Bonaire
	Klein Bonaire
	Curaçao
	Klein Curaçao

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
	Indigenous (1) - Klein Bonaire
	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
	Indigenous (1) - Klein Curaçao
	No longer present (0) - Aruba

Endemic to	Leeward Antilles

Distribution description	Curaçao, Klein-Curaçao, Bonaire, Klein-Bonaire, Las Aves, La Ochila, Aruba. On Aruba probably introduced from Curacao (van Buurt, 2001).

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