Biology:Lepidoblepharis

Short description: Genus of lizards

Lepidoblepharis is a genus of Central and South American dwarf geckos in the family Sphaerodactylidae,^[1]^[2] commonly known as scaly-eyed geckos.

Species

Genus Lepidoblepharis contains the following species:^[1]^[2]

Lepidoblepharis buchwaldi F. Werner, 1910
Lepidoblepharis colombianus Mechler, 1968
Lepidoblepharis conolepis Ávila-Pires, 2001
Lepidoblepharis duolepis Ayala & Castro, 1983
Lepidoblepharis emberawoundule Batista, Ponce, Vesely, Mebert, Hertz, G. Köhler, Carrizo & Lotzkat, 2015
Lepidoblepharis festae Peracca, 1897 – brown dwarf gecko
Lepidoblepharis grandis Miyata, 1985
Lepidoblepharis heyerorum Vanzolini, 1978
Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi Ávila-Pires, 1995 – Hoogmoed's scaly-eyed gecko,^[3] spotted dwarf gecko
Lepidoblepharis intermedius Boulenger, 1914
Lepidoblepharis microlepis (Noble, 1923)
Lepidoblepharis miyatai Lamar, 1985
Lepidoblepharis montecanoensis Markezich & Taphorn, 1994 – Paraguanan ground gekko
Lepidoblepharis nukak Calderon-Espinosa & Medina-Rangel, 2016
Lepidoblepharis peraccae Boulenger, 1908
Lepidoblepharis rufigularis Batista, Ponce, Vesely, Mebert, Hertz, G. Köhler, Carrizo & Lotzkat, 2015
Lepidoblepharis ruthveni Parker, 1926
Lepidoblepharis sanctaemartae Ruthven, 1916
Lepidoblepharis victormartinezi Batista, Ponce, Vesely, Mebert, Hertz, G. Köhler, Carrizo & Lotzkat, 2015
Lepidoblepharis williamsi Ayala & Serna, 1986
Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma (Noble, 1916)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Lepidoblepharis Peracca, 1897". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=818049.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Lepidoblepharis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 October 2014.
↑ 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. (Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi, p. 125; L. williamsi, p. 286).