''Lepidodactylus'' is a large

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s, commonly known as scaly-toed geckos and closely related to

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s or dtellas.

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in the genus ''Lepidodactylus'' are found from Southeast Asia to Indo-Australia and

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Species

There are 45 described species in this genus, which are considered valid. www.reptile-database.org. ‡ ''

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'': A taxon author (

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) in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Lepidodactylus''.

Eponyms

The

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, ''browni'', is in honor of American herpetologist

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.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Lepidodactylus browni'', p. 41; ''L. christiani'', p. 54; ''L. gardineri'', p. 97; ''L. guppyi'', p. 112; ''L. herrei'', p. 122; ''L. manni'', p. 167; ''L. oorti'', p. 195; ''L. woodfordi'', p. 289). The specific name, ''christiani'', is in honor of U.S. Army Lieutenant Ralph L. Christian. The specific name, ''gardineri'', is in honor of British zoologist

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. The specific name, ''guppyi'', is in honor of British naturalist Henry Brougham Guppy. The specific name, ''herrei'', is in honor of American ichthyologist

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. The specific name, ''manni'', is in honor of American entomologist William Montana Mann. The specific name, ''oorti'', is in honor of Dutch ornithologist

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. The specific name, ''woodfordi'', is in honor of British naturalist

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