Lepidodactylus

Lepidodactylus
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
Subspecies
Lepidodactylus herrei herrei
Lepidodactylus herrei medianus
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
*or common smooth-scaled 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
*or Rock Islands 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

  1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). www.itis.gov.
  2. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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