Lepidodactylus orientalis BROWN & PARKER, 1977
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Lepidodactylus orientalis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Oriental Scaly-toed Gecko |
| Synonym | Lepidodactylus orientalis BROWN & PARKER 1977 Gekko pumilus — BOULENGER 1898 (non Gekko pumilus BOULENGER 1885) Lepidodactylus browni PERNETTA & BLACK 1983 Lepidodactylus browni — KLUGE 1993 Lepidodactylus orientalis — KLUGE 1993 Lepidodactylus orientalis — RÖSLER 2000: 91 Lepidodactylus browni — RÖSLER 2000: 91 Lepidodactylus orientalis — KRAUS et al. 2022 |
| Distribution | Papua New Guinea (Konedubo and Port Moresby, Central District) Type locality: Port Moresby area, Central District, Papua New Guinea. browni: Papua New Guinea (vicinity of Bootless Bay, central Province); Type locality: Bogoro Inlet, Bootless Bay, near Port Moresby. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1897.12.10.7 (1977 Lepidodactylus orientalis Brown & Parker) Holotype: UPNG 6355 [browni] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A relatively small Lepidodactylus distinguished by the following combination of characters: snout-vent length 37 to 43 mm for four adults; digits moderately dilated (Gekkolike); 10 to 11 scansors covering 1/2 to nearly 2/3 of ventral surface of fourth toe; scansors undivided, but two or three subterminal ones often with shallow notches; about 'is webbed between third and fourth toes; adult males with a series of 19 plus or minus preanal pores; enlarged scales in pore-series not extending beyond one or two scales on the base of the thigh; tail subcylindrical without lateral fringe of skin or spines. (Brown & Parker 1977). |
| Comment | Group: Member of Lepidodactylus group I. Synonymy: Kraus et al. 2022 synonymized Lepidodactylus browni with L. orientalis, based on morphology and molecular data. |
| Etymology | Named after its oriental distribution. L. browni was named after WaIter Creighton Brown (1913-2002), a herpetologist who specialized in the herpetofauna of the South Pacific and the Philippines. He received his doctorate from Stanford (1955) and went to Silliman University, Philippines, as a Fulbright Professor of Sciences. |
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