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Lepidodactylus

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Lepidodactylus
Lepidodactylus lugubris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Gekkoninae
Genus: Lepidodactylus
Fitzinger, 1843[1]
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

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

Species

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There are 44 described species in this genus, which are considered valid.[2]

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

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The specific name, browni, is in honor of American herpetologist Walter Creighton Brown.[3]

The specific name, christiani, is in honor of U.S. Army Lieutenant Ralph L. Christian.[3]

The specific name, gardineri, is in honor of British zoologist John Stanley Gardiner.[3]

The specific name, guppyi, is in honor of British naturalist Henry Brougham Guppy.[3]

The specific name, herrei, is in honor of American ichthyologist Albert William Herre.[3]

The specific name, manni, is in honor of American entomologist William Montana Mann.[3]

The specific name, oorti, is in honor of Dutch ornithologist Eduard Daniël van Oort.[3]

The specific name, woodfordi, is in honor of British naturalist Charles Morris Woodford.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Lepidodactylus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). www.itis.gov.
  2. ^ Genus Lepidodactylus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h 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

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  • 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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