Lepidoblepharis

Lepidoblepharis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:Lepidoblepharis
Peracca, 1897[1]
Diversity
18 species (see text)

Lepidoblepharis is a genus of Central and South American dwarf geckos in the family Sphaerodactylidae,[1][2] commonly known as scaly-eyed geckos.

Species

Genus Lepidoblepharis contains the following species:[1][2]

  • Lepidoblepharis buchwaldi F. Werner, 1910 – Buchwald's scaly-eyed gecko
  • Lepidoblepharis colombianus Mechler, 1968 – Colombian scaly-eyed gecko
  • Lepidoblepharis conolepis Ávila-Pires, 2001 – salamanquesa de Tandapi
  • Lepidoblepharis duolepis Ayala & Castro, 1983 – Antioquia scaly-eyed gecko
  • Lepidoblepharis emberawoundule Batista, Ponce, Vesely, Mebert, Hertz, Köhler, Carrizo & Lotzkat, 2015
  • Lepidoblepharis festae Peracca, 1897 – Amazon scaly-eyed gecko
  • Lepidoblepharis grandis Miyata, 1985 – greater scaly-eyed gecko
  • Lepidoblepharis heyerorum Vanzolini, 1978 – Vanzolini's scaly-eyed gecko
  • Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi Ávila-Pires, 1995 – Hoogmoed's scaly-eyed gecko,[3] spotted dwarf gecko
  • Lepidoblepharis intermedius Boulenger, 1914 – lowland scaly-eyed gecko
  • Lepidoblepharis microlepis (Noble, 1923) – tiny scaly-eyed gecko
  • Lepidoblepharis miyatai Lamar, 1985 – Miyata's scaly-eyed gecko
  • Lepidoblepharis montecanoensis Markezich & Taphorn, 1994 – Paraguanan ground gekko
  • Lepidoblepharis nukak Calderon-Espinosa & Medina-Rangel, 2016
  • Lepidoblepharis oxycephalus (F. Werner, 1894) – sharp scaly-eyed gecko
  • Lepidoblepharis peraccae Boulenger, 1908 – Peracca's scaly-eyed gecko
  • Lepidoblepharis rufigularis Batista, Ponce, Vesely, Mebert, Hertz, Köhler, Carrizo & Lotzkat, 2015
  • Lepidoblepharis ruthveni Parker, 1926 – Ruthven's scaly-eyed gecko
  • Lepidoblepharis sanctaemartae Ruthven, 1916 – Panama scaly-eyed gecko
  • Lepidoblepharis victormartinezi Batista, Ponce, Vesely, Mebert, Hertz, Köhler, Carrizo & Lotzkat, 2015
  • Lepidoblepharis williamsi Ayala & Serna, 1986 – Williams' scaly-eyed gecko[3]
  • Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma (Noble, 1916) – Costa Rica scaly-eyed gecko

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lepidoblepharis Peracca, 1897". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. 1 2 Lepidoblepharis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. 1 2 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi, p. 125; L. williamsi, p. 286).

Further reading

  • Peracca MG (1897). "Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nell' Ecuador e regioni vicine. IV. Rettili ". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R[eale]. Università di Torino 12 (300): 1-20. (Lepidoblepharis, new genus, pp. 1–2). (in Italian).
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