Main's ground gecko

Main's ground gecko
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Diplodactylidae
Genus:	Lucasium
Species:	L. maini
Binomial name
	Lucasium maini; (Kluge, 1962)
Synonyms
	Diplodactylus maini ; Kluge, 1962; Turnerdactylus maini ; — Wells & Wellington, 1989; Lucasium maini ; — Oliver et al., 2007;

Main's ground gecko (Lucasium maini ) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, maini, is in honor of Australian ecologist Albert "Bert" Russell Main.^[2]

L. maini is found in the southern part of the Australian state of Western Australia.^[1]

The preferred habitats of L. maini are arid and semi-arid regions.^[1]

L. maini is oviparous.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Species Lucasium maini at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
^ 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. (Lucasium maini, p. 166).

Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
Kluge AG (1962). "A new species of gekkonid lizard, genus Diplodactylus Gray, from the southern interior of Western Australia". Western Australian Naturalist 8: 97–101. (Diplodactylus maini, new species).
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. (Lucasium maini, new combination).
Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.

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