Lepidodactylus moestus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lepidodactylus
Species: Lepidodactylus moestus

Name

Lepidodactylus moestus (Peters, 1867)

Lectotype: ZMB 5610, adult ♂, collected by C. Semper in 1862. [designated by Ota, Fisher, Ineich & Case (1995: 187)]

Type locality: “Pelew-Inseln [=Palau Islands]”.

Combinations

• Gecko moestus Peters 1867: 13 [original combination]
• Lepidodactylus moestus — Ota, Fisher, Ineich & Case, 1995: 187 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1867. Herpetologische Notizen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 13–37.
• Ota, H., Fisher, R.N., Ineich, I. & Case, T.J. 1995. Geckos of the Genus Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Reptilia) in Micronesia: Description of a New Species and Reevaluation of the Status of Gecko moestus Peters, 1867. Copeia 1995(1): 183–195. DOI: 10.2307/1446813 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lepidodactylus moestus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 January 2020.
• Allison, A., Hamilton, A. & Tallowin, O. 2012. IUCN: Lepidodactylus moestus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T196580A2462430. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T196580A2462430.en

Vernacular names

English: Micronesia Flat-tailed Gecko