Lepidodactylus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lepidodactylus
Species (45): L. aignanus – L. aureolineatus – L. babuyanensis – L. bakingibut – L. balioburius – L. bisakol – L. buleli – L. christiani – L. dialeukos – L. euaensis – L. flaviocularis – L. gardineri – L. guppyi – L. herrei – L. intermedius – L. kwasnickae – L. labialis – L. laticinctus – L. listeri – L. lombocensis – L. lugubris – L. magnus – L. manni – L. mitchelli – L. moestus – L. mutahi – L. nakahiwalay – L. novaeguineae – L. oligoporus – L. oorti – L. orientalis – L. pantai – L. paurolepis – L. planicaudus – L. pollostos – L. pulcher – L. pumilus – L. ranauensis – L. sacrolineatus – L. shebae – L. tepukapili – L. vanuatuensis – L. woodfordi – L. yami – L. zweifeli

Name

Lepidodactylus Fitzinger, 1843: 19

Type species: Platydactylus lugubris Duméril & Bibron, 1836, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Ota, H., Fisher, R.N., Ineich, I. & Case, T.J. 1995. Geckos of the Genus Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Reptilia) in Micronesia: Description of a New Species and Reevaluation of the Status of Gecko moestus Peters, 1867. Copeia 1995(1): 183–195. DOI: 10.2307/1446813 Reference page.
Stubbs, A.L., Karin, B.R., Arifin, U., Iskandar, D.T., Arida, E., Reilly, S.B., Bloch, L.M., Kusnadi, A. & McGuire, J.A. 2017. A new species of Lepidodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Kei Islands, Maluku, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4350(1): 91–105. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.1.5 PDF ResearchGate Reference page.
Kraus, F. 2019. New species of Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from New Guinea and adjacent islands. Zootaxa 4651(2): 305–329. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4651.2.7 Reference page.
Kraus, F. & Oliver, P.M. 2020. A new species of Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the mountains of northeastern Papua New Guinea: older than the hills. Zootaxa 4718(4): 549–561. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4718.4.8 Reference page.
Karkkainen, D.T., Richards S.J., Kraus, F., Tjaturadi, B., Krey, K. & Oliver, P.M. 2020. A new species of small Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Salawati Island, Indonesia. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution 66(3–4): 180–189. DOI: 10.1163/22244662-bja10001 Reference page.
Eliades, S.J., Brown, R.M., Huang, W.-S. & Siler, C.D. 2021. Taxonomic Revision of Scaly-toed Geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Lepidodactylus) in the Northern Philippines, with Descriptions of Four New Species. Herpetological Monographs 35(1): 90–111. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-19-00014 Reference page.
Kraus, F., Vahtera, V. & Weijola, V. 2022. Lepidodactylus browni (Squamata, Gekkonidae) Placed in the Synonymy of L. orientalis. Journal of Herpetology 56(1): 137–145. DOI: 10.1670/21-010 Reference page.
Kraus, F., Vahtera, V. & Weijola, V. 2023. A new species of Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Umboi Island, Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 5296(4): 525–539. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5296.4.2 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lepidodactylus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 January 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Scaly-toed Geckos

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