Lepidodactylus
| Lepidodactylus | |
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| Lepidodactylus lugubris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Lepidodactylus Fitzinger, 1843[1] |
Lepidodactylus is a large genus of small geckos, commonly known as scaly-toed geckos.
Geographic range
Species in the genus Lepidodactylus are found from Southeast Asia to Indo-Australia and Oceania.
Species
There are 32 described species in this genus, which are considered valid.[2]
| Species | Taxon author ‡ | Common Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lepidodactylus aureolineatus | Taylor, 1915 | golden scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus balioburius | Ota & Crombie, 1989 | Batan scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus browni | Pernetta & Black, 1983 | Brown's scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus buleli | Ineich, 2008 | (no common name) | |||
| Lepidodactylus christiani | Taylor, 1917 | Christian's scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus euaensis | J.R.H. Gibbons & W.C. Brown, 1988 | Eua scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus flaviocularis | W.C. Brown, M. McCoy & Rodda, 1992 | yellow-eyed scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus gardineri | Boulenger, 1897 | Rotuman forest Gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus guppyi | Boulenger, 1884 | Solomon scaly-toed gecko | |||
Lepidodactylus herrei
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Taylor, 1923 | Negros scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus intermedius | Darevsky, 1964 | (no common name) | |||
| Lepidodactylus listeri | (Boulenger, 1889) | Christmas Island chained gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus lombocensis | Mertens, 1929 | (no common name) | |||
| Lepidodactylus lugubris | (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836) | mourning gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus magnus | W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977 | mountain scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus manni | Schmidt, 1923 | Fiji scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus moestus | (W. Peters, 1867) | Micronesian scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus mutahi | W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977 | Bougainville's scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus novaeguineae | W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977 | New Guinea scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus oligoporus | Buden, 2007 | (no common name) | |||
| Lepidodactylus oortii | (Kopstein, 1926) | (no common name) | |||
| Lepidodactylus orientalis | W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977 | Oriental scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus paurolepis | Ota et al., 1995 | Palau scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus planicaudus | Stejneger, 1905 | Mindanao scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus pulcher | Boulenger, 1885 | wild scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus pumilus | (Boulenger, 1885) | slender chained gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus ranauensis | Ota & Hikida, 1988 | Sabah scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus shebae | (W.C. Brown & V.M. Tanner, 1949) | Guadalcanal scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus tepukapili | Zug et al., 2003 | (no common name) | |||
| Lepidodactylus vanuatuensis | Ota et al., 1998 | Vanuatu scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus woodfordi | Boulenger, 1887 | Woodford's scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus yami | Ota, 1987 | Lanyu scaly-toed gecko |
‡ Nota bene: A taxon author (binomial authority) in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lepidodactylus.
References
Further reading
- Fitzinger L. 1843. Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Lepidodactylus, new genus, p. 98). (in Latin).
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