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Lepidodactylus euaensis GIBBONS & BROWN, 1988

IUCN Red List - Lepidodactylus euaensis - Critically Endangered, CR
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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Eua Scaly-toed Gecko 
SynonymLepidodactylus euaensis GIBBONS & BROWN 1988: 356
Lepidodactylus euaensis — KLUGE 1993
Lepidodactylus euaensis — RÖSLER 2000: 91 
DistributionTonga (Island Eua)

Type locality: Eua Island, Tonga  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: CAS 158927, adult male 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. An intermediate-sized Lepidodactylus, snout-vent length (SVL) 42.3-50.0 mm for 8 adults; digits slender, only very moderately dilated; scansors undivided, 10 to 13 under fourth toe and covering about the distal 3/4 of the fourth toe; toes webbed at base to about 1/5, male with 3 preanal and femoral pores in a continuous series, extending almost to distal end of thigh; 10-13 upper labials; 10-12 lower labials; tail nearly round. (Gibbons & Brown 1988)


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CommentGroup: member of Lepidodactylus group I. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
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
  • Gibbons,J.R.H. & Brown,W.C. 1988. A new Lepidodactylus (Gekkonidae) from Eua Island, Tonga. Journal of Herpetology 22 (3): 356-360 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • ZUG, G.R. 2013. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands. University of California Press, Berkeley, 306 pp. - get paper here
 
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