Lepidodactylus Explained

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.[1]

SpeciesTaxon author ‡Common Name
Lepidodactylus aignanusKraus, 2019
Lepidodactylus aureolineatusTaylor, 1915golden scaly-toed gecko, yellow-lined smooth-scaled gecko
Lepidodactylus babuyanensisEliades, R.M. Brown, Huang & Siler, 2021
Lepidodactylus bakingibutEliades, Brown, Huang & Siler, 2021
Lepidodactylus balioburiusOta & Crombie, 1989Batan scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus bisakolEliades, Brown, Huang & Siler, 2021
Lepidodactylus buleliIneich, 2008(no common name)
Lepidodactylus christianiTaylor, 1917Christian's scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus dialeukosKraus, 2019
Lepidodactylus euaensisJ.R.H. Gibbons & W.C. Brown, 1988Eua scaly-toed gecko, Eua forest gecko
Lepidodactylus flaviocularisW.C. Brown, M. McCoy & Rodda, 1992yellow-eyed scaly-toed gecko, yellow-eyed gecko
Lepidodactylus gardineriBoulenger, 1897Rotuman forest Gecko
Lepidodactylus guppyiBoulenger, 1884Solomon scaly-toed gecko, Guppy's gecko
Lepidodactylus herrei
Subspecies
Lepidodactylus herrei herrei
Lepidodactylus herrei medianus
Taylor, 1923Negros scaly-toed gecko, white-lined smooth-scaled gecko
Lepidodactylus intermediusDarevsky, 1964(no common name)
Lepidodactylus kwasnickaeKraus, 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 lombocensisMertens, 1929(no common name)
Lepidodactylus lugubris(A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836)mourning gecko, common smooth-scaled gecko
Lepidodactylus magnusW.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977mountain scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus manniSchmidt, 1923Fiji scaly-toed gecko, Viti forest gecko
Lepidodactylus mitchelliKraus, 2019
Lepidodactylus moestus(W. Peters, 1867)(no common name)
Lepidodactylus mutahiW.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977Bougainville's scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus nakahiwalayEliades, Brown, Huang & Siler, 2021
Lepidodactylus novaeguineaeW.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977New Guinea scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus oligoporusBuden, 2007Mortlock Islands scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus oorti(Kopstein, 1926)(no common name)
Lepidodactylus orientalisW.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977Oriental scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus pantaiStubbs, Karin, Arifin, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Bloch, Kusnadi & McGuire, 2017beach scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus paurolepisOta et al., 1995Seventy Islands gecko
Lepidodactylus planicaudaStejneger, 1905Mindanao scaly-toed gecko, small broad-tailed smooth-scaled gecko
Lepidodactylus pollostosKarkkainen, Richards, Kraus, Tjaturadi, Krey & P. Oliver, 2020(no common name)
Lepidodactylus pulcherBoulenger, 1885Wild scaly-toed gecko, Admiralty gecko
Lepidodactylus pumilus(Boulenger, 1885)slender chained gecko
Lepidodactylus ranauensisOta & Hikida, 1988Sabah scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus sacrolineatusKraus & Oliver, 2020(no common name)
Lepidodactylus shebae(W.C. Brown & V.M. Tanner, 1949)Guadalcanal scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus tepukapiliZug, Watling, T. Alefaio, S. Alefaio & Ludescher, 2003(no common name)
Lepidodactylus vanuatuensisOta, Fisher, Ineich, Case, Radtkey & Zug, 1998(no common name)
Lepidodactylus woodfordiBoulenger, 1887Woodford's scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus yamiOta, 1987Lanyu scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus zweifeliKraus, 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.[2]

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.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]