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Lepidodactylus
Lepidodactylus lugubris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Gekkoninae
Genus: Lepidodactylus
Fitzinger, 1843
Species

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Lepidodactylus is a large genus of geckos, commonly known as scaly-toed geckos and closely related to house geckos or dtellas.

Geographic range

Species in the genus Lepidodactylus are found from Southeast Asia to Indo-Australia and Oceania.

Species

There are 44 described species in this genus, which are considered valid.

Species Taxon author ‡ Common Name
Lepidodactylus aignanus Kraus, 2019
Lepidodactylus aureolineatus Taylor, 1915 golden scaly-toed gecko, yellow-lined smooth-scaled gecko
Lepidodactylus babuyanensis Eliades, R.M. Brown, Huang & Siler, 2021
Lepidodactylus bakingibut Eliades, Brown, Huang & Siler, 2021
Lepidodactylus balioburius Ota & Crombie, 1989 Batan scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus bisakol Eliades, Brown, Huang & Siler, 2021
Lepidodactylus buleli Ineich, 2008 (no common name)
Lepidodactylus christiani Taylor, 1917 Christian's scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus dialeukos Kraus, 2019
Lepidodactylus euaensis J.R.H. Gibbons & W.C. Brown, 1988 Eua scaly-toed gecko, Eua forest gecko
Lepidodactylus flaviocularis W.C. Brown, M. McCoy & Rodda, 1992 yellow-eyed scaly-toed gecko, yellow-eyed gecko
Lepidodactylus gardineri Boulenger, 1897 Rotuman forest Gecko
Lepidodactylus guppyi Boulenger, 1884 Solomon scaly-toed gecko, Guppy's gecko
Lepidodactylus herrei
Subspecies
Lepidodactylus herrei herrei
Taylor, 1923
Lepidodactylus herrei medianus
W.C. Brown & Alcala, 1978
Taylor, 1923 Negros scaly-toed gecko, white-lined smooth-scaled gecko
Lepidodactylus intermedius Darevsky, 1964 (no common name)
Lepidodactylus kwasnickae Kraus, 2019
Lepidodactylus labialis (W. Peters, 1867) Mindanao false gecko, dark-spotted smooth-scaled gecko
Lepidodactylus listeri (Boulenger, 1889) Christmas Island chained gecko, Lister's gecko
Lepidodactylus lombocensis Mertens, 1929 (no common name)
Lepidodactylus lugubris (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836) mourning gecko, common smooth-scaled gecko
Lepidodactylus magnus W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977 mountain scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus manni Schmidt, 1923 Fiji scaly-toed gecko, Viti forest gecko
Lepidodactylus mitchelli Kraus, 2019
Lepidodactylus moestus (W. Peters, 1867) (no common name)
Lepidodactylus mutahi W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977 Bougainville's scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus nakahiwalay Eliades, Brown, Huang & Siler, 2021
Lepidodactylus novaeguineae W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977 New Guinea scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus oligoporus Buden, 2007 Mortlock Islands scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus oorti (Kopstein, 1926) (no common name)
Lepidodactylus orientalis W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977 Oriental scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus pantai Stubbs, Karin, Arifin, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Bloch, Kusnadi & McGuire, 2017 beach scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus paurolepis Ota et al., 1995 Seventy Islands gecko
Lepidodactylus planicauda Stejneger, 1905 Mindanao scaly-toed gecko, small broad-tailed smooth-scaled gecko
Lepidodactylus pollostos Karkkainen, Richards, Kraus, Tjaturadi, Krey & P. Oliver, 2020 (no common name)
Lepidodactylus pulcher Boulenger, 1885 Wild scaly-toed gecko, Admiralty gecko
Lepidodactylus pumilus (Boulenger, 1885) slender chained gecko
Lepidodactylus ranauensis Ota & Hikida, 1988 Sabah scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus sacrolineatus Kraus & Oliver, 2020 (no common name)
Lepidodactylus shebae (W.C. Brown & V.M. Tanner, 1949) Guadalcanal scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus tepukapili Zug, Watling, T. Alefaio, S. Alefaio & Ludescher, 2003 (no common name)
Lepidodactylus vanuatuensis Ota, Fisher, Ineich, Case, Radtkey & Zug, 1998 (no common name)
Lepidodactylus woodfordi Boulenger, 1887 Woodford's scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus yami Ota, 1987 Lanyu scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus zweifeli Kraus, 2019

‡ Nota bene: A taxon author (binomial authority) in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lepidodactylus.

Eponyms

The specific name, browni, is in honor of American herpetologist Walter Creighton Brown.

The specific name, christiani, is in honor of U.S. Army Lieutenant Ralph L. Christian.

The specific name, gardineri, is in honor of British zoologist John Stanley Gardiner.

The specific name, guppyi, is in honor of British naturalist Henry Brougham Guppy.

The specific name, herrei, is in honor of American ichthyologist Albert William Herre.

The specific name, manni, is in honor of American entomologist William Montana Mann.

The specific name, oorti, is in honor of Dutch ornithologist Eduard Daniël van Oort.

The specific name, woodfordi, is in honor of British naturalist Charles Morris Woodford.

References

  1. "Lepidodactylus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). www.itis.gov.
  2. Genus Lepidodactylus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lepidodactylus browni, p. 41; L. christiani, p. 54; L. gardineri, p. 97; L. guppyi, p. 112; L. herrei, p. 122; L. manni, p. 167; L. oorti, p. 195; L. woodfordi, p. 289).

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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