Lepidodactylus
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Maiden gecko ( Lepidodactylus lugubris ) |
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| Fitzinger , 1843 |
The genus of Lepidodactylus belongs to the family of geckos (Gekkonidae) and reaches a length of about 8 cm.
Among the 32 species , the young gecko ( Lepidodactylus lugubris ) is particularly noticeable, as it is constantly colonizing new regions due to its natural behavior and sometimes covers large distances. It is not known whether the zoologists christened this light-colored lizard lugubris (dark) to allude to the animal's nocturnal way of life.
distribution
All geckos of the genus Lepidodactylus inhabit the Indo-Australian and Pacific island world, with most of them only having a small geographical distribution area , sometimes limited to a single island .
The maiden gecko is found from Southeast Asia across the entire Pacific to the west coast of South America . A population has even been discovered in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . The ability of this gecko to develop even distant habitats , which it could never reach on its own, is revealed by its behavior: While the other species of the genus Lepidodactylus do not leave their forest habitat and therefore do not come into contact with human settlements the young gecko likes to be in human dwellings. It also happens that he climbs into boxes in which he is then shipped with the goods inside.
species
- Lepidodactylus buleli Ineich, 2008
- Lepidodactylus aureolineatus Taylor, 1915
- Lepidodactylus balioburius Ota & Crombie, 1989
- Lepidodactylus browni Pernetta & Black, 1983
- Lepidodactylus christiani Taylor, 1917
- Lepidodactylus euaensis Gibbons & Brown, 1988
- Lepidodactylus flaviocularis Brown, McCoy & Rodda, 1992
- Lepidodactylus gardineri (Boulenger, 1897)
- Lepidodactylus guppyi Boulenger, 1884
- Lepidodactylus mister Taylor, 1923
- Lepidodactylus intermedius Darevsky, 1964
- Lepidodactylus listeri (Boulenger, 1889)
- Lepidodactylus lombocensis Mertens, 1929
- Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
- Lepidodactylus magnus Brown & Parker, 1977
- Lepidodactylus manni Schmidt, 1923
- Lepidodactylus moestus (Peters, 1867)
- Lepidodactylus mutahi Brown & Parker, 1977
- Lepidodactylus novaeguineae Brown & Parker, 1977
- Lepidodactylus oortii (Kopstein, 1926)
- Lepidodactylus orientalis Brown & Parker, 1977
- Lepidodactylus paurolepis Ota, Fisher & Ineich, 1995
- Lepidodactylus planicaudus Stejneger, 1905
- Lepidodactylus pulcher Boulenger, 1885
- Lepidodactylus pumilus (Boulenger, 1885)
- Lepidodactylus pusillus Cope, 1869
- Lepidodactylus ranauensis Ota & Hikida, 1988
- Lepidodactylus shebae (Brown & Tanner, 1949)
- Lepidodactylus tepukapili Zug, Watling, Alefaio, Alefaio & Ludescher, 2003
- Lepidodactylus vanuatuensis Ota et al. , 1998
- Lepidodactylus woodfordi Boulenger, 1887
- Lepidodactylus yami Ota, 1987
