Lepidodactylus

Lepidodactylus
Lepidodactylus lugubris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Subfamily:	Gekkoninae
Genus:	Lepidodactylus Fitzinger, 1843

Lepidodactylus is a large genus of small geckos, commonly known as scaly-toed geckos.

Geographic range

Species in the genus Lepidodactylus are found from Southeast Asia to Indo-Australia and Oceania.

Species

There are 32 described species in this genus, which are considered valid.

Species	Taxon author ‡	Common Name
Lepidodactylus aureolineatus	Taylor, 1915	golden scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus balioburius	Ota & Crombie, 1989	Batan scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus browni	Pernetta & Black, 1983	Brown's scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus buleli	Ineich, 2008	(no common name)
Lepidodactylus christiani	Taylor, 1917	Christian's scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus euaensis	J.R.H. Gibbons & W.C. Brown, 1988	Eua scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus flaviocularis	W.C. Brown, M. McCoy & Rodda, 1992	yellow-eyed scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus gardineri	Boulenger, 1897	Rotuman forest Gecko
Lepidodactylus guppyi	Boulenger, 1884	Solomon scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus herrei Subspecies Lepidodactylus herrei herrei Lepidodactylus herrei medianus	Taylor, 1923	Negros scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus intermedius	Darevsky, 1964	(no common name)
Lepidodactylus listeri	(Boulenger, 1889)	Christmas Island chained gecko
Lepidodactylus lombocensis	Mertens, 1929	(no common name)
Lepidodactylus lugubris	(A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836)	mourning gecko *or common smooth-scaled gecko
Lepidodactylus magnus	W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977	mountain scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus manni	Schmidt, 1923	Fiji scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus moestus	(W. Peters, 1867)	Micronesian scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus mutahi	W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977	Bougainville's scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus novaeguineae	W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977	New Guinea scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus oligoporus	Buden, 2007	(no common name)
Lepidodactylus oortii	(Kopstein, 1926)	(no common name)
Lepidodactylus orientalis	W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977	Oriental scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus paurolepis	Ota et al., 1995	Palau scaly-toed gecko *or Rock Islands scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus planicaudus	Stejneger, 1905	Mindanao scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus pulcher	Boulenger, 1885	wild scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus pumilus	(Boulenger, 1885)	slender chained gecko
Lepidodactylus ranauensis	Ota & Hikida, 1988	Sabah scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus shebae	(W.C. Brown & V.M. Tanner, 1949)	Guadalcanal scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus tepukapili	Zug et al., 2003	(no common name)
Lepidodactylus vanuatuensis	Ota et al., 1998	Vanuatu scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus woodfordi	Boulenger, 1887	Woodford's scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus yami	Ota, 1987	Lanyu scaly-toed gecko

‡ Nota bene: A taxon author (binomial authority) in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lepidodactylus.

Further reading

• Fitzinger L. 1843. Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Lepidodactylus, new genus, p. 98). (in Latin).