Lepidodactylus
Lepidodactylus | |
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Lepidodactylus lugubris | |
Scientific classification | |
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 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 | |||
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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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