Lepidodactylus woodfordi BOULENGER, 1887

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Woodford's Scaly-toed Gecko
Synonym	Lepidodactylus woodfordi — BOULENGER 1887 Lepidodactylus woodfordi — BOULENGER 1887: 487 Lepidodactylus woodfordi — DE ROOIJ 1915: 51 Lepidodactylus woodfordi — WERMUTH 1965: 100 Lepidodactylus lugubris — PASTEUR et al. 1987 Lepidodactylus lugubris — KLUGE 1993 Lepidodactylus woodfordi — RÖSLER 2000: 91
Distribution	Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands Type locality: Faro Island, Solomon Islands.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Type: BMNH 1946.8.22.34 (87.1.24.6)
Diagnosis	Description: Closely allied to guppyi, from which it differs on the following points: Digits without distinct web. Tail a little depressed, rounded. Male with 25 femoral and praeanal pores (de Rooij 1915: 51). Coloration: Grey above, with zigzag black cross bands, bordered with light posteriorly, six between the nape and the base of the tail; a black streak from the nostril to the neck, passing through the eye and above the ear. Lower parts whitish (de Rooij 1915: 51). Size: Length of head and body 40 mm.; tail 38 mm (de Rooij 1915: 51).
Comment	Group: Member of Lepidodactylus group III. Synonymy: Due to similarity with L. lugubris, the validity of this species has been questioned. However, L. woodfordi appears to be bisexual and therefore distinct from at least the widespread parthenogenetic forms of L. lugubris.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp. - get paper here Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Second contribution to the herpetology of the Solomon islands. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1887: 333-340 - 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 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 McCoy, M. 2006. Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. Pensoft Series Faunistica 57, 212 pp. McCoy, M. 2015. A Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. Michael McCoy, Kuranda - 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
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