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Lepidodactylus manni SCHMIDT, 1923

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Fiji Scaly-toed Gecko 
SynonymLepidodactylus manni SCHMIDT 1923: 51
Lepidodactylus manni — WERMUTH 1965: 99
Lepidodactylus manni — KLUGE 1993
Lepidodactylus manni — RÖSLER 2000: 91 
DistributionFiji Islands (Viti Levu, Rabi, Kadavu)

Type locality: Suene, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 16880 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A round tailed Lepidodactylus nearest to L. gardineri Boulenger, from Rotuma Island, from which it differs in having smooth upper labials, no enlarged internasal scale, shorter head and limbs, and fewer labials and subdigital lamellae.


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CommentGroup: Member of Lepidodactylus group I. 
EtymologyNamed after the collector, William Montana Mann. 
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. & Parker,F. 1977. Lizards of the genus Lepidodactylus (Gekkonidae) from the Indo-Australian Archipelago and the islands of the Pacific, with description of new species. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 41: 253-265 - get paper here
  • Ineich, Ivan;Zug, George 1994. Un lézard endémique des Iles Fidji, le Gecko de Mann, Lepidodactylus manni Schmidt 1923. Rev. Française Aquariol. 20 (3): 93-96
  • Morrison, C. 2003. A Field Guide to the Herpetofauna of Fiji. Suva, Fiji: Institute of Applied Sciences, University of the South Pacific, 121 pp.
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Schmidt, K. P. 1923. A list of Fijian lizards. Copeia 1923 (116) :50—52. - get paper here
  • ZUG, G.R. 2013. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands. University of California Press, Berkeley, 306 pp. - get paper here
  • Zug,G. R. 1991. The lizards of Fiji: Natural history and systematics. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. 2: 1-136
 
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