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Lepidodactylus  Fitzinger, 1843
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174062

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Scaly-toed Geckos [English]
  
    Indo-Pacific Geckos [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2011   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderGekkota   
                               FamilyGekkonidae  – Geckos  
                                  GenusLepidodactylus Fitzinger, 1843 – Scaly-toed Geckos, Indo-Pacific Geckos  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus aureolineatus Taylor, 1915  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus balioburius Ota and Crombie, 1989  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus browni Pernetta and Black, 1983  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus buleli Ineich, 2008  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus christiani Taylor, 1917  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus euaensis Gibbons and W. Brown, 1988  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus flaviocularis W. Brown, McCoy and Rodda, 1992  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus gardineri Boulenger, 1897  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus guppyi Boulenger, 1884  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus herrei Taylor, 1923  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus intermedius Darevsky, 1964  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus listeri (Boulenger, 1889)  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus lombocensis Mertens, 1929  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril and Bibron, 1836) – Mourning Gecko 
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus magnus W. Brown and Parker, 1977  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus manni Schmidt, 1923  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus moestus (W. Peters, 1867) – Micronesian Scaly-toed Gecko 
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus mutahi W. Brown and Parker, 1977  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus novaeguineae W. Brown and Parker, 1977  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus oligoporus Buden, 2007  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus oortii (Kopstein, 1926)  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus orientalis W. Brown and Parker, 1977  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus paurolepis Ota, Fisher, Ineich and Case, 1995 – Rock Islands Scaly-toed Gecko, Palau Scaly-toed Gecko 
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus planicaudus Stejneger, 1905  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus pulcher Boulenger, 1885  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus pumilus (Boulenger, 1885)  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus ranauensis Ota and Hikida, 1988  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus shebae (Brown and Tanner, 1949)  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus tepukapili Zug, Watling, Alefaio, Alefaio and Ludescher, 2003  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus vanuatuensis Ota, Fisher, Ineich, Case, Radtkey and Zug, 1998  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus woodfordi Boulenger, 1887  
                                     SpeciesLepidodactylus yami Ota, 1987  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Aaron Bauer, Ph.D.   
  Notes: Professor, Gerald M. Lemole Endowed Chair in Integrative Biology   
  Reference for: Lepidodactylus    
       
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid   
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Lepidodactylus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lepidodactylus   
       
  Source: Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians ..., ed. 6.1, website (version 6.1)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Boundy, J., F. Burbrink, J. Campbell, B. Crother, K. de Quiroz, D. Frost, R. Highton, J. Iverson, F. Kraus, R. McDiarmid, J. Mendelson III, P. Meylen, R. Pyron, T. Reeder, M. Seidel, S. Tilley and D. Wake (Crother, B., ed.). Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, With Comments Regarding Confidence In Our Understanding. Edition 6.1, Last updated: 24 May 2011. Available at http://www.ssarherps.org/pages/comm_names/Index.php   
  Reference for: Lepidodactylus, Indo-Pacific Geckos [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes   
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004)   
  Page(s):    
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2004) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Lepidodactylus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lepidodactylus   
       

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