Lepidodactylus
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| Lepidodactylus | |
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| Lepidodactylus lugubris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Lepidodactylus Fitzinger, 1843[1] |
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Lepidodactylus is a large
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.[2]
| Species | Taxon author ‡ | Common Name | |||
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| 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
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Ota & Crombie, 1989 | Batan scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus bisakol | Eliades, Brown, Huang & Siler, 2021 | ||||
| Lepidodactylus buleli | Ineich, 2008 | (no common name) | |||
Lepidodactylus christiani
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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
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Boulenger, 1897 | Rotuman forest Gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus guppyi | Boulenger, 1884 | Solomon scaly-toed gecko, Guppy's gecko | |||
Lepidodactylus herrei
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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
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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
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W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977 | Bougainville's scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus nakahiwalay | Eliades, Brown, Huang & Siler, 2021 | ||||
Lepidodactylus novaeguineae
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W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977 | New Guinea scaly-toed gecko | |||
Lepidodactylus oligoporus
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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
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Stubbs, Karin, Arifin, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Bloch, Kusnadi & McGuire, 2017 | beach scaly-toed gecko | |||
Lepidodactylus paurolepis
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Ota et al., 1995 | Seventy Islands gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus planicauda | Stejneger , 1905
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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
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(Boulenger, 1885) | slender chained gecko | |||
Lepidodactylus ranauensis
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Ota & Hikida, 1988 | Sabah scaly-toed gecko | |||
| Lepidodactylus sacrolineatus | Kraus & Oliver, 2020 | (no common name) | |||
Lepidodactylus shebae
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(W.C. Brown & V.M. Tanner , 1949)
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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
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Boulenger, 1887 | Woodford's scaly-toed gecko | |||
Lepidodactylus yami
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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.[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
- ^ "Lepidodactylus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). www.itis.gov.
- ^ Genus Lepidodactylus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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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