Lepidodactylus oorti is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.
Etymology The specific name, oorti, is in honor of Dutch ornithologist Eduard Daniël van Oort.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Lepidodactylus oortii, p. 195).
Geographic range Lepidodactylus oorti is found on the Banda, Damar, and Tanimbar Islands in Indonesia.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Lepidodactylus oorti is coastal mangrove forest.Iskandar, D; Stubbs, A. (2021). "Lepidodactylus oorti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T178712A123637459.en. Accessed on 03 April 2026.
Behavior Lepidodactylus oorti is arboreal.
Diet Lepidodactylus oorti preys upon insects.
Reproduction Lepidodactylus oorti is oviparous.
References
Further reading + Plates I–II. (Gekko oorti, p. 165). (Lepidodactylus oorti, pp. 261–262). Kopstein, "Ph. F." (1926). "Reptilien von den Molukken und den benachbarten Inseln ". Zoologische Mededeelingen 1: 71–112. (Gecko oorti, new species, pp. 77–78). (in German). Rösler, Herbert (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lepidodactylus oortii, p. 91). (in German).