Lepidodactylus intermedius DAREVSKY, 1964
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Synonym | Lepidodactylus intermedius DAREVSKY 1964 Lepidodactylus lugubris intermedius — RÖSLER 2000: 91 Lepidodactylus intermedius — OTA et al. 2000 |
Distribution | Indonesia (Lesser Sunda Archipelago: Komodo, Rintja)
Type locality: Komodo Island, at sea level [elevation 0 m]
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: ZISP = ZIN 17614, male (Zoological Institute, Acad. Sci. USSR); Paratype: MZB Lace |
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Comment | Revalidated by OTA et al. (2000). Has been considered as a synonym of L. lugubris by BAUER (1994) and others. |
Etymology | Named after the Latin noun “intermedius”, intermediate. The name was proposed by Darevsky in allusion to the intermediate morphological position of this species between Lepidodactylus lugubris and Lepidodactylus lombocensis. |
References |
- Bauer, A.M. 1994. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien: Gekkonidae I (Australia). Das Tierreich, Vol. 108, W. de Gruyter & Co. (Berlin)
- Darevsky, l. S. 1964. Two new species of gekkonid lizards from the Komodo island in Lesser Sundas Archipelago. Zool. Anz. 173:169—174.
- 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, H., I. S. DAREVSKY, I. INEICH & S. YAMASHIRO 2000. Reevaluation of the taxonomic status of two Lygodactylus species (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Lesser Sunda Archipelago, Indonesia. Copeia 2000 (4): 1109-1113 - get paper here
- Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
- 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
- Zug, G.R. 2006. Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in islands Asia. A L. aureolineatus from Sulawesi. Hamadryad 30 (1): 211-213 - get paper here
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