Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) .

(Fig. 1A)

Specimens. MZUC 21149. (adult male), MZUC 11134 (adult female), 2 September 1963. Isla de Patos, estado Sucre. MZUC 11641 (juvenile), November 1963, Paria, estado Sucre. MZUC 40168 (adult male), 9 February 1963, Macuro, estado Sucre.

Remarks. Hemidactylus mabouia is an introduced gecko in Venezuela (Rivas et al. 2005). Its origin is not clear but seems to have come through ships from Africa. These are the earliest records of this species in Sucre state. The species is currently widely distributed anthropically in Venezuela (Rivas et al. 2005). In the lot of Hemidactylus mabouia, there are a few mislabeled H. palaichtus (see under its own account). MZUC 40168 was identified as Phyllodactylus ventralis .