Lucasium
Lucasium stenodactylum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Lucasium
Wermuth, 1965
Species

14, see text.

Lucasium is a genus of lizards, sometimes called ground geckos, in the family Diplodactylidae. The genus is endemic to Australia, and it includes 14 species.

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid:[1][2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lucasium.

Captivity

Both the beaded gecko and the box-patterned gecko can be kept as pets although a permit is required to keep them.

References

  1. Lucasium at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 October 2013.
  2. Vanderduys, Eric; Hoskin, Conrad J.; Kutt, Alex S.; Wright, Justin M.; Zozaya, Stephen M. (2020). "Beauty in the eye of the beholder: a new species of gecko (Diplodactylidae: Lucasium) from inland north Queensland, Australia". Zootaxa. 4877 (2): 291–310. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4877.2.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33311190. S2CID 228867699.

Further reading

  • Wermuth, Heinz (1965). "Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae ". Das Tierreich 80: 1–246. (Lucasium, new genus). (in German).



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