First record from Cuba of the introduced mourning gecko, Lepidodactylus lugubris (Dumeril and Bibron, 1836)

The mourning gecko, Lepidodactylus lugubris (Dumeril and Bibron, 1836), native to the Southwest Pacific, is one of the most successful reptile invaders. This study reports the first record from Cuba and the Greater Antilles. We document the occurrence of reproductive individuals in 2008, and collected five adult individuals in an urban environment of Havana city in 2017. Given the species is superficially similar to another invasive gecko; it is likely that there has been an established population in Cuba for at least the past decade. We warn about the possible spread and the potential impacts of this parthenogenetic species of gecko.