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Lepidodactylus herrei TAYLOR, 1923

IUCN Red List - Lepidodactylus herrei - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesLepidodactylus herrei medianus BROWN & ALCALA 1978
Lepidodactylus herrei herrei TAYLOR 1923 
Common NamesE: Negros Scaly-toed Gecko 
SynonymLepidodactylus herrei TAYLOR 1923
Lepidodactylus herrei — WERMUTH 1965: 98
Lepidodactylus herrei herrei BROWN & ALCALA 1978
Lepidodactylus herrei medianus — OTA 1987
Lepidodactylus herrei — KLUGE 1993
Lepidodactylus herrei — RÖSLER 2000: 91
Lepidodactylus herrei — MAGLANGIT et al. 2021

Lepidodactylus herrei medianus BROWN & ALCALA 1978
Lepidodactylus herrei medianus BROWN & ALCALA 1978: 91
Lepidodactylus herrei medianus — OTA 1987
Lepidodactylus herrei medianus — SUPSUP et al. 2016 
DistributionPhilippines (Negros: Lazurriaga, Cebu, Unib)

Type locality: Lazurriaga, Oriental Negros, Philippines.

 
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: lost, originally BSMP (Bureau of Science, Manila), No. 480.
Holotype: CAS-SUR 24812, mature male; paratypes: CAS, CAS-SU, BMNH, MCZ [medianus] 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Albert William Christian Theodore Herre (1868-1962), American ichthyologist, ecologist, botanist, and lichenologist. He received a PhD (1908) in ichthyology at Stanford and later worked in the Philippines as Chief of Fisheries, Bureau of Science, Manila (1919-1928), but also had other positions in the US.

L. h. medianus refers to the fact that the subspecies is somewhat in between typical herrei and aurolineatus in scale counts as well as area occupied. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Brown W C; Alcala A C 1978. Philippine lizards of the family Gekkonidae. Silliman University, Dumaguete City, Philippines 1978: i-vii, 1-146
  • Maglangit, E. P. T., Medija Jr, R. B., Tapdasan, R. J. C., De Alba, M. F. P., Adamat, L. A., Amparado, O. A., ... & Diesmos, A. C. 2021. Range extension of the White-lined Smooth-scaled Gecko (Lepidodactylus herrei) and predation by the Paradise Tree Snake (Chrysopelea paradisi variabilis), Unib Island, Philippines. SONORAN HERPETOLOGIST 34 (1) - get paper here
  • Ota, H. 1987. A new species of Lepidodactylus (Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from Lanyu Island, Taiwan. Copeia 1987 (1): 164-169. - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • SUPSUP, Christian E.; Nevong M. PUNA, Augusto A. ASIS, Bernard R. REDOBLADO, Maria Fatima G. PANAGUINIT, Faith M. GUINTO, Edmund B. RICO, Arvin C. DIESMOS, Rafe M. BROWN and Neil Aldrin D. MALLARI 2016. Amphibians and Reptiles of Cebu, Philippines: The Poorly Understood Herpetofauna of an Island with Very Little Remaining Natural Habitat. Asian Herpetological Research 2016, 7(3): 151–179 DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.150049 - get paper here
  • Taylor, E. H. 1923. Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands, III. Philippine Journal of Science, 22: 515—557 - get paper here
  • Taylor, E.H. 1944. Present location of certain herpetological and other type specimens. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 30 (1): 117-187. - get paper here
 
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