Lucasium

Lucasium
Lucasium stenodactylum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Diplodactylidae
Genus:	Lucasium , 1965
Species
14, see text.

Lucasium is a genus of lizards, sometimes called ground geckos, in the family Diplodactylidae. The genus is endemic to Australia, and it includes 14 species.

Species[]

The following species are recognized as being valid:^[1][2]

• Lucasium alboguttatum (F. Werner, 1910) – white-spotted ground gecko
• Lucasium bungabinna & , 2008
• Lucasium byrnei (Lucas & C. Frost, 1896) – Byrne's gecko, gibber gecko
• Lucasium damaeum (Lucas & Frost, 1896) – beaded gecko
• Lucasium immaculatum (Storr, 1988) – pale-striped ground gecko
• Lucasium iris , , , & , 2020 – Gilbert ground gecko
• Lucasium maini (Kluge, 1962) – Main's ground gecko
• Lucasium microplax Eastwood, Doughty, Hutchinson & Pepper, 2020
• Lucasium occultum (, 1982) – Alligator Rivers gecko
• Lucasium squarrosum (Kluge, 1962) – mottled ground gecko
• Lucasium steindachneri (Boulenger, 1885) – box-patterned gecko, Steindachner's gecko
• Lucasium stenodactylum (Boulenger, 1896) – crowned gecko, pale-snouted ground gecko,
• Lucasium wombeyi (Storr, 1978) – Pilbara ground gecko
• Lucasium woodwardi (Fry, 1914) - Pilbara ground gecko

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lucasium.

Captivity[]

Both the beaded gecko and the box-patterned gecko can be kept as pets although a permit is required to keep them.

References[]

Further reading[]

• Wermuth, Heinz (1965). "Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae ". Das Tierreich 80: 1–246. (Lucasium, new genus). (in German).