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https://doi.org/10.20302/NC.2025.34.18

Mediterranean House Gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), has established urban populations in Central Europe

Borna Brezak ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia *
Karmela Adžić ; Labinska 4, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Patricia Kokot ; Gajeva 9, HR-44320 Repušnica, Croatia
Tin Rožman ; Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova ulica 1, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia
Iva Čupić ; Croatian Biospeleological Society, Savski kuti, Lomnička 3, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Duje Lisičić ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Mladen Kučinić ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Srđan Pichler ; Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund, Radnička cesta 80, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Josip Skejo orcid.org/0000-0002-2554-4499 ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia *

* Dopisni autor.

Sažetak

The Mediterranean house gecko inhabits the Mediterranean region of Southern Europe, Northern Africa, and Western Asia, but has been introduced in Northern America, in the United States and Mexico in 2015 and 2016. The species has been reported in 2014 in Serbia and then again from 2020 to 2022 in the same country. Here, we report more scattered findings from Romania and Central Europe: Croatia, Austria, Slovenia, Czechia and Hungary, from 2013 to 2025. In Zagreb, Croatia, the species has a small population established, as continuous records exist from 2013 till today in numerous localities, and with specimens observed throughout the year. On the other hand, records from continental Austria and Romania are known to be recently imported specimens.

Ključne riječi

iNaturalist; citizen science; allochtonous species; spreading; Zagreb; Croatia; Romania; Austria; Slovenia; Czechia; Hungary

Hrčak ID:

335485

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/335485

Datum izdavanja:

31.12.2025.

Posjeta: 1.017 *