Lucasium maini (KLUGE, 1962)

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Higher Taxa	Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Main's Ground Gecko
Synonym	Diplodactylus maini KLUGE 1962: 98 Diplodactylus maini — WERMUTH 1965: 24 Turnerdactylus maini — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1989 Diplodactylus maini —KLUGE 1993 Diplodactylus maini — COGGER 2000: 221 Lucasium maini — OLIVER et al. 2007 Lucasium maini — COGGER 2014: 312
Distribution	Australia (arid and semiarid interior of S Western Australia) Type locality: 10 miles south of Queen Victoria Spring (33 miles north of Zanthus), Western Australia.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R12242
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Diplodactylus main: differs from all other members of the genus in possessing long slender digits with extremely small subapical plates (Fig. 1). The subapical plates are not obviously dil. ferentiated from the subdigital granules as they are in all other species of the genus. (Kluge 1962) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 7270 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Group: Diplodactylus stenodactylus group. Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species.
Etymology	Named after Australian naturalist Albert R. Main.
References	Anonymous 1963. Type Specimens in the Western Australian Museum (Part 4). Annual Report, Western Australian Museum, 1962-63, Perth, pp. 38-40 Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp. Kluge, A. G. 1962. A new species of gekkonid lizard, genus Diplodactylus Gray, from the southern interior of Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 8: 97-101 - get paper here Oliver, Paul M.; Hutchinson, Mark N.; Cooper, Steven J.B. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray and resurrection of Lucasium Wermuth (Gekkota, Diplodactylidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 55( 3):197-210 - get paper here Pepper, Mitzy; Paul Doughty, J. Scott Keogh 2006. Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the Australian Diplodactylus stenodactylus (Gekkota; Reptilia) species-group based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes reveals an ancient split between Pilbara and non-Pilbara D. stenodactylus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 539–555 - get paper here Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/gekkonidae.pdf http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/90/paper/ZO07008.htm http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Lucasium/maini Google images

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