Main's ground gecko

Main's ground gecko (Lucasium maini ) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia.[1]

Main's ground gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Lucasium
Species:
L. maini
Binomial name
Lucasium maini
(Kluge, 1962)
Synonyms[1]
  • Diplodactylus maini
    Kluge, 1962
  • Turnerdactylus maini
    — Wells & Wellington, 1989
  • Lucasium maini
    — Oliver et al., 2007

Etymology

The specific name, maini, is in honor of Australian ecologist Albert "Bert" Russell Main.[2]

Geographic range

L. maini is found in the southern part of the Australian state of Western Australia.[1]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of L. maini are arid and semi-arid regions.[1]

Reproduction

L. maini is oviparous.[1]

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.


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