Lepidodactylus is a large genus of geckos, commonly known as scaly-toed geckos and closely related to house geckos or dtellas.
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. www.reptile-database.org.
SpeciesTaxon author ‡Common nameLepidodactylus aignanusKraus, 2019Lepidodactylus aureolineatusTaylor, 1915golden scaly-toed gecko, yellow-lined smooth-scaled geckoLepidodactylus babuyanensisEliades, R.M. Brown, Huang & Siler, 2021Lepidodactylus bakingibutEliades, Brown, Huang & Siler, 2021Lepidodactylus balioburiusOta & Crombie, 1989Batan scaly-toed geckoLepidodactylus bisakolEliades, Brown, Huang & Siler, 2021Lepidodactylus buleliIneich, 2008(no common name)Lepidodactylus christianiTaylor, 1917Christian's scaly-toed geckoLepidodactylus dialeukosKraus, 2019Lepidodactylus euaensisJ.R.H. Gibbons & W.C. Brown, 1988Eua scaly-toed gecko, Eua forest geckoLepidodactylus flaviocularisW.C. Brown, M. McCoy & Rodda, 1992yellow-eyed scaly-toed gecko, yellow-eyed geckoLepidodactylus gardineriBoulenger, 1897Rotuman forest GeckoLepidodactylus guppyiBoulenger, 1884Solomon scaly-toed gecko, Guppy's geckoLepidodactylus herrei SubspeciesLepidodactylus herrei herrei Lepidodactylus herrei medianus Taylor, 1923Negros scaly-toed gecko, white-lined smooth-scaled geckoLepidodactylus intermediusDarevsky, 1964(no common name)Lepidodactylus kwasnickaeKraus, 2019Lepidodactylus labialis(W. Peters, 1867)Mindanao false gecko, dark-spotted smooth-scaled geckoLepidodactylus listeri(Boulenger, 1889)Christmas Island chained gecko, Lister's geckoLepidodactylus lombocensisMertens, 1929(no common name)Lepidodactylus lugubris(A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836)mourning gecko, common smooth-scaled geckoLepidodactylus magnusW.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977mountain scaly-toed geckoLepidodactylus manniSchmidt, 1923Fiji scaly-toed gecko, Viti forest geckoLepidodactylus mitchelliKraus, 2019Lepidodactylus moestus(W. Peters, 1867)(no common name)Lepidodactylus mutahiW.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977Bougainville's scaly-toed geckoLepidodactylus nakahiwalayEliades, Brown, Huang & Siler, 2021Lepidodactylus novaeguineaeW.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977New Guinea scaly-toed geckoLepidodactylus oligoporusBuden, 2007Mortlock Islands scaly-toed geckoLepidodactylus oorti(Kopstein, 1926)(no common name)Lepidodactylus orientalisW.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1977Oriental scaly-toed geckoLepidodactylus pantaiStubbs, Karin, Arifin, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Bloch, Kusnadi & McGuire, 2017beach scaly-toed geckoLepidodactylus paurolepisOta et al., 1995Seventy Islands geckoLepidodactylus planicaudaStejneger, 1905Mindanao scaly-toed gecko, small broad-tailed smooth-scaled geckoLepidodactylus pollostosKarkkainen, Richards, Kraus, Tjaturadi, Krey & P. Oliver, 2020(no common name)Lepidodactylus pulcherBoulenger, 1885Wild scaly-toed gecko, Admiralty geckoLepidodactylus pumilus(Boulenger, 1885)slender chained geckoLepidodactylus ranauensisOta & Hikida, 1988Sabah scaly-toed geckoLepidodactylus sacrolineatusKraus & Oliver, 2020(no common name)Lepidodactylus shebae(W.C. Brown & V.M. Tanner, 1949)Guadalcanal scaly-toed geckoLepidodactylus tepukapiliZug, Watling, T. Alefaio, S. Alefaio & Ludescher, 2003(no common name)Lepidodactylus vanuatuensisOta, Fisher, Ineich, Case, Radtkey & Zug, 1998(no common name)Lepidodactylus woodfordiBoulenger, 1887Woodford's scaly-toed geckoLepidodactylus yamiOta, 1987Lanyu scaly-toed geckoLepidodactylus zweifeliKraus, 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.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (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).
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.
References
Further reading Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Lepidodactylus, new genus, p. 98). (in Latin).