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Main's ground gecko

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Species of lizard

Main's ground gecko
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

Etymology

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

Geographic range

L. maini is found in the southern part of the Australian state of Western Australia.

Habitat

The preferred habitats of L. maini are arid and semi-arid regions.

Reproduction

L. maini is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Species Lucasium maini at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 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).

Further reading

  • 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.
Taxon identifiers
Lucasium maini


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