Lucasium maini (KLUGE, 1962)

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Higher Taxa	Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Main's Ground Gecko
Synonym	Diplodactylus maini KLUGE 1962: 98 Diplodactylus maini — WERMUTH 1965: 24 Turnerdactylus maini — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1989 Diplodactylus maini — KLUGE 1993 Diplodactylus maini — COGGER 2000: 221 Lucasium maini — OLIVER et al. 2007 Lucasium maini — COGGER 2014: 312
Distribution	Australia (arid and semiarid interior of S Western Australia) Type locality: 10 miles south of Queen Victoria Spring (33 miles north of Zanthus), Western Australia.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R12242
Diagnosis
Comment	Group: Diplodactylus stenodactylus group.
Etymology	Named after Australian naturalist Albert R. Main.
References	Anonymous 1963. Type Specimens in the Western Australian Museum (Part 4). Annual Report, Western Australian Museum, 1962-63, Perth, pp. 38-40 Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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. Kluge, A. G. 1962. A new species of gekkonid lizard, genus Diplodactylus Gray, from the southern interior of Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 8: 97-101 - get paper here 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 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.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/gekkonidae.pdf http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/90/paper/ZO07008.htm http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Lucasium/maini Google images

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