Lucasium alboguttatum (WERNER, 1910)

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Higher Taxa	Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: White-spotted Ground Gecko WA
Synonym	Diplodactylus alboguttatus WERNER 1910 Diplodactylus alboguttatus — LOVERIDGE 1934: 308 Diplodactylus alboguttatus — WERMUTH 1965: 23 Turnerdactylus alboguttatus — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1989 Diplodactylus alboguttatus — KLUGE 1993 Diplodactylus alboguttatus — COGGER 2000: 214 Lucasium alboguttatum — OLIVER et al. 2007
Distribution	Australia (West coast of Western Australia) Type locality: Denham, Western Australia.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype: SMF 8343 (designated by Wells & Wellington 1985)
Diagnosis
Comment	Group: Diplodactylus stenodactylus group
Etymology	Apparently named after the white spots on body of the species, after Latin albus (=white) and gutta (= drop, spot) and -atus (= bearing).
References	Bauer, A.M. & Günther,R. 1991. An annotated type catalogue of the geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in the Zoological Museum , Berlin. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 67: 279-310 - 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. Glauert, L. 1956. Geckonidae (Part II). Western Australian Naturalist 5 (3): 49-56 - get paper here Loveridge, A. 1934. Australian reptiles in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 77: 243-383 - get paper here Maryan, B., Gaikhorst, G., & Parkhurst, B. 2024. The terrestrial herpetofauna of the Zuytdorp coast and hinterland of Western Australia: Exceptional richness in a global biodiversity hotspot. Western Australian Naturalist, 33, 3 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 Werner, F. 1910. Reptilia (Geckonidae und Scincidae). In: Michaelsen, W., and R. Hartmeyer: Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Vol. 2. G. Fischer, Jena, pp. 451-493. - 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.wildherps.com/species/D.alboguttatus.html http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/90/paper/ZO07008.htm http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Lucasium… Google images

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