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Lepidodactylus flaviocularis BROWN, MCCOY & RODDA, 1992

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Yellow-eyed Scaly-toed Gecko 
SynonymLepidodactylus flaviocularis BROWN, MCCOY & RODDA 1992
Lepidodactylus flaviocularis — RÖSLER 2000: 91
Lepidodactylus flaviocularis — OLIVER et al. 2018
Lepidodactylus flaviocularis — KRAUS 2023 
DistributionSolomon Islands (Guadalcanal)

Type Locality: Mount Austen, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 313865 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A moderately sized species of Lepidodactylus (SVL = 44.0–46.0 mm) with all lamellae undivided; 37–38 enlarged pore-bearing precloacal/femoral scales in a continuous row extending to distal end of each thigh; 38 precloacal/femoral pores in sole male; T3T4webL = 0.26–0.27, T4T5webL = 0.14–0.18, 15–21 lamellae beneath T4, covering most of digit (T4lamellaeL/T4L = 0.88–0.94); EN/IN = 1.86–1.96; pale ventral field ~25 scale rows wide; yellow circumorbital ring in life.
Comparisons with other species. The absence of any divided lamellae under the digits places this species in Brown & Parker’s (1977) phenetic Group I. From other members of this group, L. flaviocularis is distinguished as follows: from L. magnus Brown & Parker, L. oorti (Kopstein), and L. sacrolineatus Kraus & Oliver by its smaller size (adult SVL = 50–71 mm in L. magnus, 53–57 mm in L. oorti, 52–60 mm in L. sacrolineatus) and more extensive toe webbing (T3T4webL = 0.26–0.27 vs. 0.11–0.17 in those three species); from L. pumilus (Boulenger), L. sacrolineatus, and L. zweifeli Kraus in having a continuous row of enlarged pore-bearing scales (vs. pores arrayed into three series in those three species); from L. aignanus Kraus in having 37–38 enlarged scales of the pore-bearing series in a continuous row extending to distal end of each thigh (vs. 17 enlarged pore-bearing scales limited to precloacal region in L. aignanus); from L. euaensis Gibbons & Brown, L. listeri (Boulenger), L. manni Schmidt, L. mutahi, L. orientalis and L. pumilus in having 15–21 lamellae under T4 (vs. 8–13 in those six species). Among Melanesian Lepidodactylus, only L. pulcher Boulenger has as many lamellae (16–19) beneath T4, but that species differs from L. flaviocularis in having 1–2 divided subterminal lamellae under T4. The yellow eye ring in life distinguishes L. flaviocularis from all other members of the genus except L. gardineri, which has divided subterminal lamellae. (Kraus 2023)


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CommentGroup: Member of Lepidodactylus group I (related to L. mutahi and L. euaensis).

Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). 
References
  • Brown,W.C.; McCoy,M. & Rodda, G.H. 1992. A new Lepidodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Guadalcanal Island, Solomons. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 105: 440-442 - get paper here
  • KRAUS, F. 2023. Redescription of Lepidodactylus flaviocularis (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of a new species from Makira Island, Solomon Islands. Zootaxa 5339(6), 562-576 - get paper here
  • McCoy, M. 2006. Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. Pensoft Series Faunistica 57, 212 pp.
  • McCoy, M. 2015. A Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. Michael McCoy, Kuranda - get paper here
  • McDonald, P.J., Brown, R.M., Kraus, F. et al. 2022. Cryptic extinction risk in a western Pacific lizard radiation Biodivers Conserv (2022) - get paper here
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
  • Oliver, Paul M.; Rafe M. Brown, Fred Kraus, Eric Rittmeyer, Scott L. Travers, Cameron D. Siler 2018. Lizards of the lost arcs: mid-Cenozoic diversification, persistence and ecological marginalization in the West Pacific. Proc. R. Soc. B 285 20171760; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1760 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
 
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