Lepidodactylus is a large genus of geckos, commonly known as scaly-toed geckos and closely related to house geckos or dtellas.
Species in the genus Lepidodactylus are found from Southeast Asia to Indo-Australia and Oceania.
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, 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 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 & 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 et al., 2003 (no common name) Lepidodactylus vanuatuensis Ota et al., 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.
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]
Lepidodactylus is a large genus of geckos, commonly known as scaly-toed geckos and closely related to house geckos or dtellas.
