# Lepidodactylus

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.
| 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, R.M. 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 Subspecies Lepidodactylus herrei herrei Taylor, 1923 Lepidodactylus herrei medianus W.C. Brown & Alcala, 1978 | 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 & P. 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, Watling, T. Alefaio, S. Alefaio & Ludescher, 2003 | (no common name) |
| Lepidodactylus vanuatuensis | Ota, Fisher, Ineich, Case, Radtkey & Zug, 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.

## Eponyms

The specific name, browni, is in honor of American herpetologist Walter Creighton Brown.
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.