Lucasium Explained

Lucasium is a genus of lizards, sometimes called ground geckos, in the family Diplodactylidae. The genus is endemic to Australia, and it includes 14 species.

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid:^[1]

• Lucasium alboguttatum – white-spotted ground gecko
• Lucasium bungabinna
• Lucasium byrnei – Byrne's gecko, gibber gecko
• Lucasium damaeum – beaded gecko
• Lucasium immaculatum – pale-striped ground gecko
• Lucasium iris – Gilbert ground gecko
• Lucasium maini – Main's ground gecko
• Lucasium microplax
• Lucasium occultum – Alligator Rivers gecko
• Lucasium squarrosum – mottled ground gecko
• Lucasium steindachneri – box-patterned gecko, Steindachner's gecko
• Lucasium stenodactylum – crowned gecko, pale-snouted ground gecko,
• Lucasium wombeyi – Pilbara ground gecko
• Lucasium woodwardi - Pilbara ground gecko

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lucasium.

Captivity

Both the beaded gecko and the box-patterned gecko can be kept as pets although a permit is required to keep them.

Further reading

• Wermuth, Heinz (1965). "Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae ". Das Tierreich 80: 1–246. (Lucasium, new genus). (in German).

Notes and References

1. Vanderduys. Eric. Hoskin. Conrad J.. Kutt. Alex S.. Wright. Justin M.. Zozaya. Stephen M.. 2020. Beauty in the eye of the beholder: a new species of gecko (Diplodactylidae: Lucasium) from inland north Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa. 4877. 2. 291–310. 10.11646/zootaxa.4877.2.4. 33311190. 228867699. 1175-5334.