Lepidodactylus


Lepidodactylus is a large genus of geckos, commonly known as scaly-toed geckos and closely related to house geckos or dtellas.

Geographic range

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

Species

There are 40 described species in this genus, which are considered valid.
SpeciesTaxon author ‡Common Name
Lepidodactylus aignanusKraus, 2019
Lepidodactylus aureolineatusTaylor, 1915golden scaly-toed gecko, yellow-lined smooth-scaled gecko
Lepidodactylus balioburiusOta & Crombie, 1989Batan scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus browniPernetta & Black, 1983:fr:Walter Creighton Brown|Brown's scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus buleliIneich, 2008
Lepidodactylus christianiTaylor, 1917Christian's scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus dialeukosKraus, 2019
Lepidodactylus euaensisJ.R.H. Gibbons & :fr:Walter Creighton Brown|W.C. Brown, 1988Eua scaly-toed gecko, Eua forest gecko
Lepidodactylus flaviocularisW.C. Brown, M. McCoy & Rodda, 1992yellow-eyed scaly-toed gecko, yellow-eyed gecko
Lepidodactylus gardineriBoulenger, 1897Rotuman forest Gecko
Lepidodactylus guppyiBoulenger, 1884Solomon scaly-toed gecko, Guppy's gecko
Lepidodactylus herrei

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

Eponyms

The specific name, browni, is in honor of American herpetologist :fr:Walter Creighton Brown|Walter Creighton Brown.
The specific name, christiani, is in honor of U.S. Army Lieutenant Ralph L. Christian.
The specific name, gardineri, is in honor of British zoologist John Stanley Gardiner.
The specific name, guppyi, is in honor of British naturalist Henry Brougham Guppy.
The specific name, herrei, is in honor of American ichthyologist Albert William Herre.
The specific name, manni, is in honor of American entomologist William Montana Mann.
The specific name, oorti, is in honor of Dutch ornithologist Eduard Daniël van Oort.
The specific name, woodfordi, is in honor of British naturalist Charles Morris Woodford.
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