Luperosaurus

Luperosaurus cf. kubli

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
Subfamilia: Gekkoninae
Genus: Luperosaurus
Species (13): L. angliit – L. brooksii – L. browni – L. corfieldi – L. cumingii – L. gulat – L. iskandari – L. joloensis – L. kubli – L. macgregori – L. palawanensis – L. sorok – L. yasumai

Name

• Luperosaurus Gray, 1845: 163

Type species: Luperosaurus cumingii Gray, 1845, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman: London. xxvii + 289 pp. BHL

Additional references

• Ota, H., Sengoku, S. & Hikida, T. 1996. Two New Species of Luperosaurus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Borneo. Copeia 1996(2): 433–439. DOI: 10.2307/1446860 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Brown, R.M. & Diesmos, A.C. 2000. The lizard genus Luperosaurus: taxonomy, history, and conservation prospects for some of the world's rarest lizards. Sylvatrop 10: 107–124. Reference page. 
• Brown, R.M., Supriatna, J. & Ota, H. 2000. Discovery of a New Species of Luperosaurus (Squamata; Gekkonidae) from Sulawesi, with a Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus, and Comments on the Status of Luperosaurus serraticaudus. Copeia 2000(1): 191–209. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)2000[0191:DOANSO]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Brown, R.M., Diesmos, A.C. & Duya, M.V. 2007. A new species of Luperosaurus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Sierra Madre mountain range of northern Luzon Island, Philippines. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55(1): 153–160. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Gaulke, M., Rösler, H. & Brown, R.M. 2007. A new species of Luperosaurus (Squamata; Gekkonidae) from Panay Island, Philippines, with comments on the taxonomic status of Luperosaurus cumingii (Gray, 1845). Copeia 2007(2): 413–425. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[413:ANSOLS]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Das, I., Lakim, M. & Kandaung, P. 2008. New species of Luperosaurus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Crocker Range Park, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo). Zootaxa 1719: 53–60. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 
• Brown, R.M., Diesmos, A.C., Duya, M.V., Garcia, H.J.D. & Rico, E.L.B. 2010. A new forest gecko (Squamata; Gekkonidae; Genus Luperosaurus) from Mt. Mantalingajan, southern Palawan Island, Philippines. Journal of Herpetology 44(1): 37–48. DOI: 10.1670/08-316.1 Reference page. 
• Brown, R.M., Diesmos, A.C. & Oliveros, C.H. 2011. A new flap-legged forest gecko (Genus Luperosaurus) from the northeastern Philippines. Journal of Herpetology 45(2): 202–210. DOI: 10.1670/10-123.1 Reference page. 

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