Lepidoblepharis is a genus of dwarf geckos, commonly known as scaly-eyed geckos, in the family Sphaerodactylidae. Species of the genus Lepidoblepharis are native to Central America and South America.[1][2]
| Lepidoblepharis | |
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| Lepidoblepharis miyatai | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Lepidoblepharis Peracca, 1897[1] |
| Diversity | |
| 21 species (see text) | |
Species
editGenus Lepidoblepharis contains the following species:[1][2]
- Lepidoblepharis buchwaldi F. Werner, 1910
- Lepidoblepharis colombianus Mechler, 1968
- Lepidoblepharis conolepis Ávila-Pires, 2001
- Lepidoblepharis duolepis Ayala & Castro, 1983
- Lepidoblepharis emberawoundule Batista, Ponce, Vesely, Mebert, Hertz, G. Köhler, Carrizo & Lotzkat, 2015
- Lepidoblepharis festae Peracca, 1897 – brown dwarf gecko
- Lepidoblepharis grandis Miyata, 1985
- Lepidoblepharis heyerorum Vanzolini, 1978
- Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi Ávila-Pires, 1995 – Hoogmoed's scaly-eyed gecko,[3] spotted dwarf gecko
- Lepidoblepharis intermedius Boulenger, 1914
- Lepidoblepharis microlepis (Noble, 1923)
- Lepidoblepharis miyatai Lamar, 1985
- Lepidoblepharis montecanoensis Markezich & Taphorn, 1994 – Paraguanan ground gekko
- Lepidoblepharis nukak Calderón-Espinosa & Medina-Rangel, 2016
- Lepidoblepharis peraccae Boulenger, 1908
- Lepidoblepharis rufigularis Batista, Ponce, Vesely, Mebert, Hertz, G. Köhler, Carrizo & Lotzkat, 2015
- Lepidoblepharis ruthveni Parker, 1926
- Lepidoblepharis sanctaemartae Ruthven, 1916
- Lepidoblepharis victormartinezi Batista, Ponce, Vesely, Mebert, Hertz, G. Köhler, Carrizo & Lotzkat, 2015
- Lepidoblepharis williamsi Ayala & Serna, 1986
- Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma (Noble, 1916)
References
edit- ^ a b c "Lepidoblepharis Peracca, 1897". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ a b Lepidoblepharis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 October 2014.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi, p. 125; L. williamsi, p. 286).
Further reading
edit- Peracca MG (1897). "Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nell' Ecuador e regioni vicine. IV. Rettili ". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R[egia]. Università di Torino 12 (300): 1-20. (Lepidoblepharis, new genus, pp. 1–2). (in Italian).