Lepidodactylus pulcher BOULENGER, 1885

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Wild Scaly-toed Gecko
Synonym	Lepidodactylus pulcher — BOULENGER 1885: 166 Lepidodactylus pulcher — DE ROOIJ 1915: 49 Lepidodactylus pulcher — TAYLOR 1922: 75 Lepidodactylus guppyi — BURT & BURT 1932 (partim) Lepidodactylus pulcher — WERMUTH 1965: 99 Lepidodactylus pulcher — KLUGE 1993 Lepidodactylus pulcher — RÖSLER 2000: 91
Distribution	Oceania (Robriand-, Admirality Islands), Wild, Plot, Legendrowa Islands, Papua New Guinea Type locality: Wild Island, Admirality Islands.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: BMNH 1946.9.8.48, MCZ 144392
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Differs from lugubris on the following points: Snout shorter. Male with 17 praeanal pores, forming a double-arched series. Tail cylindrical. Pinkish-brown above, head with small black spots. Limbs and sides of the back speckled with blackish. Tail with dark transverse bars; throat and breast speckled with brown (de Rooij 1915: 49). 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 70 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Group: Member of Lepidodactylus group II.
Etymology	Named after Latin “pulcher” = beautiful, handsome, fine, fair.
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here de Rooij, N. de 1915. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden (E. J. Brill), xiv + 384 pp. - get paper here Ineich, I. 2008. A new arboreal Lepidodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu: from egg to holotype. Zootaxa 1918: 26–38 - get paper here Ota, Hidetoshi, Robert N. Fisher, Ivan Ineich, Ted J. Case, Ray R. Radtkey and George R. Zug. 1998. A new Lepidodactylus (Squmata: Gekkonidae) from Vanuatu. Herpetologica 54 (3): 325-332 - get paper here Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Rösler, H., Glaw, F.& R. Günther 2005. Aktualisierte Liste der Geckos von Neuguinea (Sauria: Geckonidae: Gekkoninae) mit vorläufiger Charakterisierung von neun Formen aus den Gattungen Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827, Gehyra Gray, 1834 und Nactus Kluge, 1983. Gekkota 5: 33-64 - get paper here Taylor, E.H. 1922. The lizards of the Philippine Islands. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science, Government of the Philippine Islands, Manila, Publication no. 17: 269 pp. - get paper here Werner, F. 1913. Neue oder seltene Reptilien und Frösche des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. Reptilien der Ostafrika-Expedition der Hamburger Geographischen Gesellschaft 1911/12. Leiter: Dr. E. Obst. Reptilien und Amphibien von Formosa. [these are 3 separate reports in one long article] Jb. Hamb. wiss. Anst., 30 [1912], 2. Beiheft: 1-39, 40-45, 45-51 - get paper here Zug, G. R.; Watling, D.; Alefaio, T.; Alefaio, S.; Ludescher, C. 2003. A new gecko (Reptilia: Squamata: Genus Lepidodactylus) from Tuvalu, South-central Pacific. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 116 (1): 38-46 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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