Lepidodactylus

<i>Lepidodactylus</i>

Lepidodactylus

Genus of lizards


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

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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]

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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]


References

  1. "Lepidodactylus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). www.itis.gov.
  2. Genus Lepidodactylus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lepidodactylus browni, p. 41; L. christiani, p. 54; L. gardineri, p. 97; L. guppyi, p. 112; L. herrei, p. 122; L. manni, p. 167; L. oorti, p. 195; L. woodfordi, p. 289).

Further reading

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

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