Lepidodactylus

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

Lepidodactylus
Lepidodactylus lugubris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Subfamily:	Gekkoninae
Genus:	Lepidodactylus Fitzinger, 1843[1]
Species
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Geographic range

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

Species

There are 44 described species in this genus, which are considered valid.^[2]

Species	Taxon author ‡	Common Name
Lepidodactylus aignanus	Kraus, 2019
Lepidodactylus aureolineatus	Taylor, 1915	golden scaly-toed gecko, yellow-lined smooth-scaled gecko
Lepidodactylus babuyanensis	Eliades, R.M. Brown, Huang & Siler, 2021
Lepidodactylus bakingibut	Eliades, Brown, Huang & Siler, 2021
Lepidodactylus balioburius	Ota & Crombie, 1989	Batan scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus bisakol	Eliades, Brown, Huang & Siler, 2021
Lepidodactylus buleli	Ineich, 2008	(no common name)
Lepidodactylus christiani	Taylor, 1917	Christian's scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus dialeukos	Kraus, 2019
Lepidodactylus euaensis	J.R.H. Gibbons & W.C. Brown, 1988	Eua scaly-toed gecko, Eua forest gecko
Lepidodactylus flaviocularis	W.C. Brown, M. McCoy & Rodda, 1992	yellow-eyed scaly-toed gecko, yellow-eyed gecko
Lepidodactylus gardineri	Boulenger, 1897	Rotuman forest Gecko
Lepidodactylus guppyi	Boulenger, 1884	Solomon scaly-toed gecko, Guppy's gecko
Lepidodactylus herrei Subspecies Lepidodactylus herrei herrei Taylor, 1923 Lepidodactylus herrei medianus W.C. Brown & Alcala, 1978	Taylor, 1923	Negros scaly-toed gecko, white-lined smooth-scaled gecko
Lepidodactylus intermedius	Darevsky, 1964	(no common name)
Lepidodactylus kwasnickae	Kraus, 2019
Lepidodactylus labialis	(W. Peters, 1867)	Mindanao false gecko, dark-spotted smooth-scaled gecko
Lepidodactylus listeri	(Boulenger, 1889)	Christmas Island chained gecko, Lister's gecko
Lepidodactylus lombocensis	Mertens, 1929	(no common name)
Lepidodactylus lugubris	(A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836)	mourning gecko, common smooth-scaled gecko
Lepidodactylus magnus	W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977	mountain scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus manni	Schmidt, 1923	Fiji scaly-toed gecko, Viti forest gecko
Lepidodactylus mitchelli	Kraus, 2019
Lepidodactylus moestus	(W. Peters, 1867)	(no common name)
Lepidodactylus mutahi	W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977	Bougainville's scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus nakahiwalay	Eliades, Brown, Huang & Siler, 2021
Lepidodactylus novaeguineae	W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977	New Guinea scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus oligoporus	Buden, 2007	Mortlock Islands scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus oorti	(Kopstein, 1926)	(no common name)
Lepidodactylus orientalis	W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977	Oriental scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus pantai	Stubbs, Karin, Arifin, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Bloch, Kusnadi & McGuire, 2017	beach scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus paurolepis	Ota et al., 1995	Seventy Islands gecko
Lepidodactylus planicauda	Stejneger, 1905	Mindanao scaly-toed gecko, small broad-tailed smooth-scaled gecko
Lepidodactylus pollostos	Karkkainen, Richards, Kraus, Tjaturadi, Krey & P. Oliver, 2020	(no common name)
Lepidodactylus pulcher	Boulenger, 1885	Wild scaly-toed gecko, Admiralty gecko
Lepidodactylus pumilus	(Boulenger, 1885)	slender chained gecko
Lepidodactylus ranauensis	Ota & Hikida, 1988	Sabah scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus sacrolineatus	Kraus & Oliver, 2020	(no common name)
Lepidodactylus shebae	(W.C. Brown & V.M. Tanner, 1949)	Guadalcanal scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus tepukapili	Zug, Watling, T. Alefaio, S. Alefaio & Ludescher, 2003	(no common name)
Lepidodactylus vanuatuensis	Ota, Fisher, Ineich, Case, Radtkey & Zug, 1998	(no common name)
Lepidodactylus woodfordi	Boulenger, 1887	Woodford's scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus yami	Ota, 1987	Lanyu scaly-toed gecko
Lepidodactylus zweifeli	Kraus, 2019

‡ Nota bene: A taxon author (binomial authority) 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 Walter Creighton Brown.^[3]

The specific name, christiani, is in honor of U.S. Army Lieutenant Ralph L. Christian.^[3]

The specific name, gardineri, is in honor of British zoologist John Stanley Gardiner.^[3]

The specific name, guppyi, is in honor of British naturalist Henry Brougham Guppy.^[3]

The specific name, herrei, is in honor of American ichthyologist Albert William Herre.^[3]

The specific name, manni, is in honor of American entomologist William Montana Mann.^[3]

The specific name, oorti, is in honor of Dutch ornithologist Eduard Daniël van Oort.^[3]

The specific name, woodfordi, is in honor of British naturalist Charles Morris Woodford.^[3]