Lepidodactylus lugubris (Mourning Gecko)
The common name of this Gecko Lizard in English is commonly called Mourning Gecko, Common Smooth-Scaled Gecko and Thai name called จิ้งจกแคระทะเลใต้ (Djingdjok-Krae Ta-lay Tai)
จิ้งจกแคระทะเลใต้ : Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
Lepidodactylus lugubris is a species of the Scaly-toed Gecko Genus (Lepidodactylus) within the Gecko Lizard Family (Gekkonidae), Superfamily Gekkota, in the Lizard and Snake Order (Squamata), in the Reptile Class (Reptilia), in the Chordate Phylum (Chordata) in the Animal Kingdom (Animalia).
Published in Duméril, A.M. C. and G. Bibron. Erpetologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol. 3. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 528 pp. (1836).
The specific epithet 'lugubris' after Latin “lugere” = mourning (adjective “lugubris”) referring to the dull, dusky, gloomy color
Geographic Range
In Asia: Taiwan, China, Chagos Archipelago, Sri Lanka, India (incl. and Andaman Islands), Seychelles, Myanmar (= Burma), West Malaysia (Pulau Pinang, Pulau Tioman), Vietnam (Ku Lao Pan Jong Island; BOBROV, pers. comm.), Japan (Ryukyu, Bonin, Ogasawara, Okinawa, Miyako, Yaeyama and Daito Islands), Indonesia (Borneo, Lombok, Sulawesi, Halmahera, Ambon, Kei Islands, Komodo, Flores, Morotai), Philippines (incl. Panay, Luzon, Cebu), Palau, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Nauru, Solomon Islands [McCoy 2000], Micronesia (Lukunor Atoll)
In Thailand : Lapwong, Yingyod and Watinee Juthong 2018. New Records of Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril and Bibron, 1836) (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Thailand and a Brief Revision of Its Clonal Composition in Southeast Asia. Current Herpetology Aug 2018, Vol. 37, No. 2: 143-150.
Synonym
- Platydactylus lugubris Duméril & Bibron,1836
- Peropus neglectus Girard,1858
- Hemidactylus meijeri Bleeker,1859
- Dactyloperus pomareae Fitzinger,1861
- Peripia cantoris Günther,1864
- Gecko harrieti Tytler,1865
- Peropus roseus Cope,1869
- Gymnodactylus caudeloti Bavay,1869
- Peripia mysorensis Meyer In Peters,1874
- Peripia ornata Macleay,1877
- Gymnodactylus candeloti Boulenger,1883
- Lepidodactylus woodfordi Boulenger,1887
- Lepidodactylus divergens Taylor,1918
- Gehyra variegata ogasawarasimae Okada,1930