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Lepidodactylus paurolepis OTA, FISHER, INEICH & CASE, 1995

IUCN Red List - Lepidodactylus paurolepis - Data Deficient, DD
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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Seventy Islands-Gecko 
SynonymLepidodactylus paurolepis OTA, FISHER, INEICH & CASE 1995
Lepidodactylus paurolepis — RÖSLER 2000: 91
Lepidodactylus paurolepis — CROMBIE & MENZ 2007 
DistributionMicronesia (Ngerukeuid), Palau

Type locality: “Ngerukewid [sic] Group (7° 11’ N, 134° 16’ E), Belau Islands.”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 284403, adult male; paratypes: USNM, adult males 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A moderate-sized species of Lepidodactylus, snout-vent length (SVL) 38.3-39.4 (x = 38.9) mm for three adult males, distinguished from other species of the genus by the following combination of characters: 98-102 rows of scales around midbody; subdigital scansors 12-14 on toe IV; terminal scansor entire on all digits, two or three subterminal ones on digits II-V deeply notched or divided; interdigital webs absent, or very poorly developed; 31-34 pores in preanal and femoral regions of male.


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Greek pauros, meaning few, and Greek lepis, meaning scales, referring to the relatively few scales around the body in this species. 
References
  • Crombie, R.I. & Menz, R. 2007. Lepidodactylus paurolepis OTA, FISHER, INEICH & CASE. Sauria 29 (1): 2 - get paper here
  • Crombie, Ronald I. and Gregory K. Pregill 1999. A Checklist of the Herpetofauna of the Palau Islands (Republic of Belau), Oceania. Herpetological Monographs 13: 29-80 - get paper here
  • Ineich, I. 2008. A new arboreal Lepidodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu: from egg to holotype. Zootaxa 1918: 26–38 - get paper here
  • Ota, H., R. N. FISHER I. C. INEICH and T. J. Case 1995. Geckos of the genus Lepidodactylus (Squamata : Reptilia) in Micronesia: Description of a new species and reevaluation of the status of Gecko moestus Peters, 1867. Copeia 1995 (1): 183-195 - get paper here
  • Ota, Hidetoshi, Robert N. Fisher, Ivan Ineich, Ted J. Case, Ray R. Radtkey and George R. Zug. 1998. A new Lepidodactylus (Squmata: Gekkonidae) from Vanuatu. Herpetologica 54 (3): 325-332 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Zug, G. R.; Watling, D.; Alefaio, T.; Alefaio, S.; Ludescher, C. 2003. A new gecko (Reptilia: Squamata: Genus Lepidodactylus) from Tuvalu, South-central Pacific. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 116 (1): 38-46 - get paper here
 
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