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746 Geographic Distribution 746 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION al. 2018. Herpetol. Notes 11:929–941; Melo et al. 2018. Herpetol. Notes 11:245–254; Mesquita et al. 2018. Herpetol. Notes 11:455– 474; Freitas et al. 2018. Herpetol. Notes 11:59–72; Freitas et al. 2019. Herpetol. Notes 2:245–260). The new record represents a southwestward range expansion, extending the known geo- graphical distribution of C. meridionalis ca. 234 km SW (Mucugê City; Ribeiro et al. 2013, op. cit.). Specimens collected under per- mit by Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação number 29613-1. LEONIDES AZEVEDO CAVALCANTE, Programa de Pós-graduação em Bioprospecção Molecular, Universidade Regional do Cariri, 1161 Co- ronel Antônio Luiz, Pimenta street, Crato, Ceará 63105-000, Brazil. (e-mail: [email protected]); CRISTIANA FERREIRA DA SILVA, Progra- ma de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia), Universidade Es- tadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, 250 Prof Dr Antonio Celso Wagner Zanin street, Botucatu, São Paulo 18618-689, Brazil (e-mail: cristianasil- [email protected]); JOSÉ GUILHERME GONÇALVES-SOUSA, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus Universitário do Pici, Av. Mister Hull s∕n, Fortaleza, Ceará 60440-900, Brazil (e-mail: [email protected]). HEMIDACTYLUS MABOUIA (Wood Slave). MEXICO: TAMAULI- PAS: MUNICIPALITY OF TAMPICO: Centro de Bachillerato Tecnológico Agropecuario #12 (22.28995°N, 97.85540°W; WGS 84), 13 m elev. 28 April 2019. G. H. Sosa-Tovar and C. A. Meléndez-Delgado. Ver- ified by A. Bauer and W. L. Farr. Biodiversity Collections, The Uni- versity of Texas at El Paso (UTEPObs: Herp: 183; photo voucher). First record for the state and fourth from Mexico; two from Vera- cruz (Smith and Taylor 1950. An Annotated Checklist and Key to the Reptiles of Mexico, Exclusive of the Snakes. Smithson. Inst. U. S. Natl. Mus. Bull. 199, Washington. v + 253 pp.), possibly from Veracruz City, and one from the Los Tuxtlas region (Powell et al. 1998. Cat. Amer. Amph. Rept. 674:1–11). The closest distance from our Tamaulipas locality is 369 km southeast at Veracruz City. The lizard was observed at an abandoned sewage treatment plant surrounded by secondary growth and remnants of tropical deciduous forest. We thank A. Bauer and W. L. Farr for species determination and C. A. Meléndez-Delgado for field assistance. GUILLERMO H. SOSA-TOVAR, Colonia Miramapolis, Cd. Madero, Tamaulipas 89506, México (e-mail: [email protected]); ELÍ GARCÍA-PADILLA, Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca, 68023, México (e-mail: eli- [email protected]); LARRY DAVID WILSON, Centro Zamorano de Biodiversidad, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana Zamorano, Departamen- to de Francisco Morazán, Honduras (e-mail: [email protected]); VICENTE MATA-SILVA, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, USA (e-mail: [email protected]). HEMIDACTYLUS TURCICUS (Mediterranean Gecko). USA: ALABAMA: DEKALB CO.: EconoLodge, 1412 Glenn Blvd SW, Fort Payne (34.43681°N, 85.75179°W; WGS 84). 12 September 2018. Drew R. Davis. Verified by Travis J. LaDuc. Biodiversity Collec- tions, University of Texas at Austin (TNHC 112105 [DRD 4998]). A juvenile (0.4 g, 29 mm SVL, 30 mm tail length) was found on the wall of a second story breezeway, near an exterior light at 2235 h. Days Inn, 1416 Glenn Blvd SW, Fort Payne (34.43626°N, 85.75218°W; WGS 84). 12 September 2018. Drew R. Davis Verified by Travis J. LaDuc. TNHC 112106 (DRD 4999). Adult female (0.9 g, 36 mm SVL, 39 mm tail length) collected from an exterior wall of a swimming pool pump house at 2345 h. Mount (1975. The Rep- tiles and Amphibians of Alabama. Auburn University Agricul- tural Experiment Station, Auburn, Alabama. xi + 347 pp.) reports a single established population of Hemidactylus turcicus in Bar- bour County, but additional records across the state have been Herpetological Review 50(4), 2019 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION 747 reported in recent years (see summary presented by Soehren et al. [2018. Herpetol. Rev. 49:286]). These specimens represent a new county record for this species in northeastern Alabama (Guyer et al. 2018. Lizards and Snakes of Alabama. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. xvi + 397 pp.) and are the northernmost recognized population of H. turcicus in Alabama. Hemidactylus turcicus is not known from any surrounding coun- ties in Alabama (Guyer et al. 2018, op. cit.) or Georgia (Camp- bell 2008. In Jensen et al. [eds.], The Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia, pp. 290–291. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Geor- gia). The nearest known vouchered specimens are from ca. 102 airline km to the east-southeast, from Bartow County, Georgia (Florida Museum of Natural History [UF] 166735). Specimens were collected under an Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Scientific Permit (#9779). DREW R. DAVIS, School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 100 Marine Lab Drive, South Padre Island, Texas 78597, USA and Biodiversity Collections, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA; e-mail: [email protected]. LAMPROLEPIS NIEUWENHUISII (Nieuwenhuis’ Skink). BRU- NEI DARUSSALAM: TUTONG DISTRICT: KIUDANG MUKIM: Ki- udang Meriuk Farmstay (4.71668°N, 114.76499°E; WGS 84), 30 m elev. 14 May 2019. Muhammad Daud Bin Abdulla. Verified by Indraneil Das. University Brunei Darussalam Natural History Museum (UBDM 20192, 20193; photo voucher). One individual observed on durian tree in a fruit farm with adjacent lowland rainforest. First country record for Brunei Darussalam. The near- est record is from 151 km to the west in Niah Caves, Sarawak, Malaysia (I. Das, pers. comm.). M. D. ABDULLA (e-mail: [email protected]) and T. U. GRAFE, Faculty of Science, University Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam (e-mail: [email protected]). LEPIDODACTYLUS LUGUBRIS (Mourning Gecko). CUBA: HA- VANA CITY: MUNICIPALITY OF DIEZ DE OCTUBRE: Lawton residential village (23.08944°N, 82.3511°W; WGS 84). 17 September 2019. Karina Velazco Pérez. Verified by Manuel Iturriaga Monsisbay. Institute of Ecology and Systematics, Havana, Cuba (CZACC 4.13332). The specimen (40 mm SVL) was captured on the ledge of a house kitchen at 2005 h. It had two eggs visible through the translucent skin of the abdominal cavity. First municipality re- cord and a geographic range extension of ca. 6.1 km (airline) southeast of the nearest published locality at Nuevo Vedado, Mu- nicipality of Plaza de la Revolución, Havana (Alonso and Borroto 2017. BioInvasions Rec. 6:297−300). We had seen another two in- dividuals of this non-native lizard in June 2019 in Santos Suárez residential village, in the same municipality, only 1.85 km (air- line) from the locality here reported, but the individuals were not vouchered. The specimen was deposited under the auspices of the project “Colecciones zoológicas, su conservación y manejo III,” by the Institute of Ecology and Systematics, Cuba. KARINA VELAZCO PÉREZ, Herpetology Group, Division of Zoology, Ecology and Systematics Institute, Varona street number 11835, between Oriente and Lindero, Havana, Cuba (e-mail: [email protected]); ADONIS GONZÁLEZ CARRALERO, Herpetological Collection, Division of Collec- tions, Ecology and Systematics Institute, Varona street number 11835, between Oriente and Lindero, Havana, Cuba (e-mail: [email protected]). SCELOPORUS ALBIVENTRIS (Western White-bellied Spiny Lizard). MEXICO: SONORA: MUNICIPALITY OF ARIZPE: Rancho las Playitas (Picacho), 14.7 km by air WSW of Bacoachi (30.57111°N, Herpetological Review 50(4), 2019.
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