Lucasium

Lucasium damaeum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pygopodomorpha

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: Pygopodomorpha

Familia: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Lucasium
Species (14): L. alboguttatum – L. bungabinna – L. byrnei – L. damaeum – L. immaculatum – L. iris – L. maini – L. microplax – L. occultum – L. squarrosum – L. steindachneri – L. stenodactylum – L. wombeyi – L. woodwardi

Name

Lucasium Wermuth, 1965 [replacement name]

• Type species: Ceramodactylus damaeus Lucas & Frost, 1895, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Lucasius Kinghorn, 1929 [preoccupied by Lucasius Kinahan, 1859]
  • Type species: Ceramodactylus damaeus Lucas & Frost, 1895, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Kinghorn, J.R. 1929. Herpetological notes. No. I. Records of the Australian Museum 17(2): 76–84. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.17.1929.755

Additional references

• Oliver, P.M., Hutchinson, M.N. & Cooper, S.J.B. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray and resurrection of Lucasium Wermuth (Gekkota, Diplodactylidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 55(3): 197–210. DOI: 10.1071/ZO07008 Reference page. 
• Doughty, P. & Hutchinson, M.N. 2008. A new species of Lucasium (Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from the southern deserts of Western Australia and South Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 25(1): 95–106. PDF

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lucasium . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Australian Ground Geckos

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