bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.02.433159; this version posted March 2, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. Short Note Uncovered genetic diversity in Hemidactylus mabouia (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Madeira Island reveals uncertain sources of introduction Catarina Rato1*, Beatriz Martins1,2, Ricardo Rocha1,3†, Iolanda Silva-Rocha1† 1 CIBIO, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Campus de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas nº7, Vairão 4485 - 661, Vila do Conde, Portugal. 2 Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universi dade do Porto, R. Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169 - 007, Porto, Portugal. 3 CIBIO- InBIO, Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Institute of Agronomy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal † These authors have contributed equally to this work * Corresponding author:
[email protected] Total number of words in the whole manuscript: 3,274 Total number of words in the abstract: 151 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.02.433159; this version posted March 2, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. 36 Abstract 37 Hemidactylus mabouia is one of the most widely distributed species within its genus.